The Weight of Water

Anita Shreve · first published 1997 · ISBN 9780316190572

A woman researching the unsolved murders on Smuttynose Island in 1873 becomes obsessed with reconstructing the crime. She braids her research with the story of her own marriage, which is cracking under the weight of infidelity and unspoken anger. Past and present collide as both narratives spiral toward their own forms of violence and wreckage.