The Deepest Lake

In this atmospheric thriller set at a luxury memoir-writing workshop on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala,
a grieving mother goes undercover to investigate her daughter’s mysterious death.
Rose, the mother of 20-something aspiring writer Jules, has waited three months for answers about her
daughter’s death. Why was she swimming alone when she feared the water? Why did she stop texting days
before she was last seen? When the official investigation rules the death an accidental drowning, the body
possibly lost forever in Central America’s deepest lake, an unsatisfied Rose travels to the memoir workshop
herself. She hopes to draw her own conclusion—and find closure.
When Rose arrives, she is swept into the curious world created by her daughter’s literary hero, the famous
writing teacher Eva Marshall, a charismatic woman known for her candid—and controversial—memoirs. As
Rose uncovers details about the days leading up to Jules’s disappearance, she begins to suspect that this
glamorous retreat package is hiding ugly truths. Is Lake Atitlan a place where traumatized women come to
heal or a place where deeper injury is inflicted?
Perfect for fans of Delia Owens, Celeste Ng, and Julia Bartz, The Deepest Lake is both a sharp look at
the sometimes toxic, exclusionary world of high-class writing workshops and an achingly poignant view of a
mother’s grief.