In The Night Swim, a new thriller from Megan Goldin, author of the “gripping and unforgettable” (Harlen Coben)The Escape Room,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.
Ever since her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall has become a household name—and the last hope for people seeking justice. But she’s used to being recognized for her voice, not her face. Which makes it all the more unsettling when she finds a note on her car windshield, addressed to her, begging for help.
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 3 a success, Rachel throws herself into her investigation—but the mysterious letters keep coming. Someone is following her, and she won’t stop until Rachel finds out what happened to her sister twenty-five 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?
REVIEW: This was the first book that I have "read" from this author and let me just say she's got a fan in me. I listened to this as an audio book and definitely another win by MacMillan Audio. I'm a huge fan or true crime podcasts, so the premise of this book was intriguing to me from the very start. Podcaster Rachel has decided to cover a trial for the first time on her podcast, Guilty or Not Guilty and little does she know that coming to this small town will pull her into a 25 year old mystery. The trial itself is intense and a trigger warning should definitely be issued for sexual assault and rape. As the stories unravel of both the accuser in the current trials and the mystery surrounding Jenny's attack and death come to light, it's incredible to see how this small town gets even smaller with every turn. The audiobook was brilliant in the way that not only were there separate narrators for the chapters that were from Rachel and Hannah, Jenny's sister, but there were also chapters that were the actual podcast. If you are a fan of psychological thrillers, or even true crime podcasts, you have to pick this one up when it comes out. As one secret after another gets uncovered, The Night Swim, will have you guessing until the very end. Thank you to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for allowing me to listen to this gripping suspense novel.
Publication Date: August 4, 2020 (available for pre-order now)
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