The Night Swim

By: Megan Goldin

Narrated by: Bailey Carr, January LaVoy, Samantha Desz

A true-crime podcast host covering a controversial trial finds herself drawn deep into a small town's dark past and a brutal crime that took place there years before.

The new season of Rachel's podcast has brought her to a small town being torn apart by a devastating rape trial. A local golden boy, a swimmer destined for Olympic greatness, has been accused of raping the beloved granddaughter of the police chief. Under pressure to make season three a success, Rachel throws herself into her investigation - but then mysterious letters keep coming, surrounding the death of her sister 25 years ago. Officially, Jenny Stills tragically drowned, but the letters insist she was murdered - and when Rachel starts asking questions, nobody in town wants to answer. The past and present start to collide as Rachel uncovers startling connections between the two cases - and a revelation that will change the course of the trial and the lives of everyone involved.

Electrifying and propulsive, The Night Swim asks: what is the price of a reputation? Can a small town ever right the wrongs of its past? And what really happened to Jenny?

©2020 Megan Goldin (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Critic reviews

"Goldin's prose is inviting, at times electrifying, and always sensitive in dealing with hot-button issues...well done." (Booklist)

"Outstanding.... [Goldin's thriller] casts a searing light on small-town politics." (Publishers Weekly)