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Ava Morwood is a writer of dark, suspenseful contemporary thrillers, laden with the eeriness of folklore and the secrets buried in the British landscape. Her first novel is inspired by the peculiarity of mermaid legends being found across the landlocked Peak District, combined with echoes of the fairy tale she always loved deepest and best.

• Early readers’ response to UNTIL WE DROWN
  
  
  Thank you so much to early readers for these lovely comments about UNTIL WE DROWN!
  
  “A slippery dreamlike psychological thriller woven through with folklore and otherworldliness, Until We Drown will have you gasping for breath before it lets you go. Bravo!” Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes
  
  “Beautifully crafted and exquisitely written, Until We Drown is not only a masterful psychological thriller but a haunting and powerful fairytale that lingers long after the last page.” Steve Mosby, author of Still Bleeding
  
  “Full of twisting and delicious undercurrents.” Priya Sharma, author of Pomegranates
  
  “Ava Morwood’s Until We Drown is a siren song that draws you willingly into a brutal, beautiful world of watery myths … and then it rips out your heart. It’s a perfect fairy tale – hypnotic, lyrical and ultimately horrific. I loved it, and I won’t stop thinking about those last couple of chapters for a long time.” Tim Lebbon, Secret Lives of The Dead
  
  “Ava Morwood bleeds the weird into the everyday. Morwood weaves old tales of thoughtless bargains and betrayals into a stylishly noir novel. Wonderful, haunting, and unexpected.” A. G. Slatter, author of All the Murmuring Bones
  
  “When folklore and reality collide; I will never look at a body of water in the same way again.” Jackie Kabler, author of Run for Your Life
  
  “Until We Drown haunts you for long after the final page. Dark and eerie, I found myself holding my breath on so many occasions!” Natalie Chandler, author of The Voices
  
  “Whether describing an afternoon of wild swimming in the sea, exploring the undercurrents of adult relationships, or tracing the connections between multiple icons and legends of mermaids, the author’s extraordinary gift for lively prose carries us through. I couldn’t wait to solve the mystery of the interlocking stories, and I never wanted it to end. Enthralling, moving, both satisfyingly real and majestically imaginative, this is a book you’ll read twice and recommend to your best friend. Superb.” S.P. Miskowski, author of If You Knew Me
  
  

  Signed first editions of UNTIL WE DROWN are available from Goldsboro Books

  
  
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