Hey, it’s Diego.

I just finished reading The Water Lies by Amy Meyerson.

And it follows two women as they try to piece together what happened.

I’ve enjoyed quite a few thrillers where we get two sides of the story from two women.

Here are my favorites.

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Two Women Thrillers

The Last Flight by Julie Clark

Two women desperate to escape their lives meet at an airport and swap plane tickets, each taking on the other's identity.

In The Last Flight by Julie Clark, we follow Claire and Eva as they each try to outrun their pasts by becoming someone else entirely.

Count My Lies by Sophie Stava

A compulsive liar insinuates herself into a wealthy family by pretending to be a nurse, and the family's seemingly perfect life starts to crack.

In Count My Lies by Sophie Stava, we follow Sloane and Violet as Sloane's lies pile up and we wait for everything to come crashing down.

The Vacation Rental by Katie Sise

A family rents out their country home for the summer, and the woman who moves in has her own agenda.

Like other entries on this list, in The Vacation Rental by Katie Sise, we follow two women through alternating chapters as we unpack secrets and mysteries build between them.

And the newest addition to the list:

The Water Lies by Amy Meyerson

Tessa is heavily pregnant with her second child when her toddler throws a tantrum at a local coffee shop, screaming for a woman Tessa has never seen before. The next morning, that woman's body is pulled from the canal outside Tessa's Venice Beach home. Barb Geller refuses to believe her daughter's death was just a drunken accident and heads to California for answers, where she crosses paths with Tessa. Together, they dig into the truth, certain there is a connection between their children.

The Water Lies by Amy Meyerson is a domestic thriller set in the Venice Canals neighbourhood of Los Angeles.

Meyerson's writing is natural and well constructed. Dialogue and internal thoughts flow perfectly, and the prose enhances the story.

We follow Tessa and Barb in alternating chapters through a single timeline. The story starts slow, but picks up pace as both women start finding new information. The whole thing revolves around the mystery and piecing together the connection between their children.

Both Tessa and Barb are proactive, driving the plot forward, although they suffer a little too much from not talking to each other and the people around them enough, which I found somewhat frustrating at times.

The theme of motherhood runs through the story, specifically the costs of being a mother with dreams and ambition and having to put all that aside for your children.

There is no romance, no sexual content, no swearing, and no graphic violence.

So, what about the ending? (No spoilers, obviously)

The ending wrapped mystery in a satisfying way. The denouement was pretty good, long enough to paint a picture of where things landed but not too long that would overstay its welcome.

The Water Lies by Amy Meyerson is a solid domestic thriller that follows two women piecing together a mystery from opposite ends. If you are into these kinds of thrillers, you'll enjoy this one.

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— Diego Dunne

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