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Carys Shannon

Truth Like Water

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This book will be released in September 2025.

Pre-orders are charged at time of order and the book will be posted to you as soon as it becomes available.

UK postage is 99 pence per order.

 

Longlisted for the Bath and Mslexia Novel Awards. Shortlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award. Winner of the Jericho Writers Festival of Writing Prize.

 

This is a story of lost women – some who can be found again, and some who can’t.

In a small estuary village on the Welsh coast, Catrin is mourning the anniversary of her mother’s drowning when a teenage girl disappears on the same mudflats. Terrified of history repeating itself and driven by unresolved grief, Catrin becomes obsessed with finding Emily.

Her search dredges up dark revelations from the village’s past and present, uncovering secrets about Catrin's own family. Secrets that her parents had never wanted her to discover. 

Truth Like Water is the lyrical, gripping debut novel from an award-winning writer.

 

 

Carys Shannon is originally from North Gower, Swansea, and now lives in the Spanish Pyrenees with her partner and rescue cat. She has had short stories published by Honno Press, Parthian Books and Mslexia Magazine, as well as broadcast on BBC Radio 4. When not writing, Carys is happiest enjoying slow time in big nature.