Courtroom Truths
Mystery & Suspense · inspired by real events

What the Water Never Told Me

Seventeen years after three women vanished from an island prison, the woman left behind must surrender the comforting lie that has held her life together.

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Genre
Mystery & Suspense
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
15
Fiction status
inspired by real events
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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Courtroom Truths

Chapters

  1. 01The Sentence They Want
  2. 02Four Places at the Table
  3. 03The Door Between Us
  4. 04Morning Count
  5. 05Things Returned
  6. 06The Carbon Copy
  7. 07A Better Woman
  8. 08A Room on Shore
  9. 09The File Room
  10. 10Not a Map
  11. 11The Cost of Plain Words
  12. 12What I Can Sign
  13. 13No Answer in the Envelope
  14. 14Transferred, Not Finished
  15. 15Three Names, No Verdict

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