Every summer, for nine years, a group of friends gather at a beach house. They were all involved in a horrific accident in high school that bonded them to each other. After the incident, one of the survivors took her own life. So, the remaining eight decided to meet every year thereafter to commiserate with each other about all they have been through. On the tenth year however, Cassidy Bent decides not to attend. That is until an anonymous message alerts her that one of the other survivors is dead. Cassidy rethinks her decision and heads towards The Shallows- the house they have rented every year. When one of the members of their group disappears the first night, the rest become uneasy that something is wrong. Is someone amongst them hurting the others? Or have they been cursed for the choices they made that fateful night those many years ago? That is the setup Miranda starts with and for the next 300 pages you, like the main character, will be propelled to find the answer. Miranda is a master at slowly revealing the truth through flashbacks. She used a similar style in her debut novel “All the Missing Girls.” The mystery of what is happening in the present is tied to the secrets everyone is keeping about the past. Miranda saves the truth of what happened that night until near the end of the book. Believe me, you will want to keep reading until you know it. This book is not only suspenseful though, it makes the reader contemplate how they view their own past. Do we remember things as they actually happened or do we lie to ourselves in order to feel better about our actions? The answer to that is worth figuring out, for Cassidy and yourself.

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