The Boat House

A dark love story, and a disturbing tale of a divided soul.In the days leading to the fall of the Soviet empire, a young woman with a deadly secret slips unnoticed into the West. And when Alina Petrovna first appears in Three Oaks Bay it's clear that her frail, luminous beauty is likely to cause some ripples in the surface calm of the peaceful resort town.For Pete McCarthy, the boatyard worker who gives her shelter, she's an enigma. A complex, well-meaning young woman with a difficult past. Someone whose mystery deepens as the season gets under way, and the deaths by drowning begin...

About the Author

Stoker and World Fantasy Award nominee, winner of British Fantasy and International Horror Guild Awards, Stephen Gallagher is the author of fifteen novels including Valley of Lights, Down River, Rain, and Nightmare, With Angel. Recent TV work includes an award-winning Silent Witness and a stint on Stan Lee's Lucky Man; he's also written for Doctor Who, Murder Rooms, Rosemary & Thyme, and is the creator of Jerry Bruckheimer's science thriller series Eleventh Hour.

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