"Moving and impressive, strongly atmospheric. A remarkable
achievement."Penelope Lively

". . . skillfully evokes a sense of impending doom . . . with a finale that Daphne
du Maurier herself would have been proud of."Daily Mail(London)

"All the more poignant for being set amid beautiful countryside, and full of brooding
sadness right up to the unexpected horror of the ending."Times(London)

During the summer of 1958 in the English village of Cameldip, two children drown while
playing in a leaky boat on the river. Their parents, Isabel and Robert, are bound
together in guilt and anger. Thirty years later, a young woman secretly pregnant and
determined to make a new start for herself arrives in Cameldip. Taken in by Isabel,
she slowly uncovers the secrets of the village's past and is inexorably drawn into the
conflict.

A story of families, old secrets, and new beginnings, The River is a lyrical and
haunting tale of betrayal, failure, love, and fortitude.

Tricia Wastvedt was born in London in 1954. She lives in Bath, England.