Publication Date: June 20, 2023
Josie Ashbury was a successful Hollywood actress with a booming career—until an on-set breakdown sends her back to her small Ohio hometown to recover. Taking a job teaching at her old high school, Josie is beginning to put the pieces of her life back together when one of her students dies under suspicious circumstances. The police close the case quickly, without any real answers. Josie is determined to find the truth behind the girl’s death.
At the same time, Josie is battling demons of her own. As she faces debilitating insomnia that leaves her with gaps in her memory, she dives into the tangled secrets surrounding the investigation. When she finally unravels the web, she discovers that the truth lies much closer to home than she could have ever imagined.
Josie Ashbury teaches high school in her hometown, a far cry from her once-thriving career as an actress. When one of her students dies, Josie is determined to investigate.
Author Amy Young delivers a tightly woven mystery in The Water Tower. With a main character who suffers from gaps in her memory, the story begins with Josie discovering the girl’s body. Certain that Amber would never have committed suicide, Josie refuses to accept a closed investigation with no concrete answers.
The author leads readers through Josie’s investigation, exposing the dark underbelly of crime within the community. Josie finds herself and those she cares about in danger from those who will do anything to keep their secret buried.
I liked the additional twist of Josie’s memory gaps that provided an extra layer to the story, making it more difficult to guess the culprit until the end.
The Water Tower highlights a small community caught up in the aftermath of a student’s death, and the teacher determined to find answers.
Amy Young is an author, comedian, and actor based in Cleveland. After spending a decade in Los Angeles working in the entertainment industry and writing her debut novel, The Water Tower, she returned to Ohio to be closer to family. Amy is working on her second book, a thriller, and in her free time she enjoys going to the theatre, bingeing reality TV, and spending time with her husband and many, many cats. She has a B.A. in English from Kenyon College.
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I thought this was a very good book – thanks for the review! 🙂