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My name is Emma Brennan, and I never thought I'd find myself in this position - standing on a Cape Cod beach at sunrise, wondering which of my friends is a killer.
I came to the idyllic seaside town of Provincetown, to raise my young niece and figure out what to do next with my life. Eleven months ago my sister vanished off the coast of Ocracoke Island. No body, no answers. Just a teenage daughter left behind - and me. At the same time, the man I thought I was going to marry cheated on me with a cute young florist.
I joined the Tragic Wives' Group - a tight-knit, cold-water swimming group with enough personal drama to fill a bestseller. And one of us has put it in a manuscript, spilling all our secrets.
Then she disappears . . . leaving just a pile of clothes on the sand. She's the second person I've lost in twelve months.
A SEXY BLEND OF TENSION AND SUSPENSE WITH AN ENDING YOU WON'T SEE COMING.
This razor-sharp thriller of friendship, obsession and the secrets we'd do anything to protect is perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand, Liane Moriarty, Lucy Clarke, Sarah Goodwin and Shari Lapena.
READERS LOVE THE SWIMMING GROUP:
'A saucy, shocking mystery that masterfully weaves together cold-water swimming and ice-cold deception.' SARAH BAILEY, bestselling author of The Housemate
'This riveting oceanside mystery will keep you glued from the first page.' DAMYANTI BISWAS, bestselling author of the Blue Mumbai thrillers.
'A saucy, shocking mystery that masterfully weaves together cold-water swimming and ice-cold deception.' SARAH BAILEY, bestselling author of The Housemate
'This riveting oceanside mystery will keep you glued from the first page.' DAMYANTI BISWAS, bestselling author of the Blue Mumbai thrillers.
'An excellent read. Comes at you with both barrels and knocks you out of your shoes!' Holly M.
'Grabbed me straight away . . . Plenty of pleasing twists and uncertainties and a good dose of romance and humour.' Helen F.
'A captivating read. Full of drama.' Carol S.
'A fantastic, gripping psychological thriller with more twists, turns and family secrets than you can ever imagine!' Sue J.
'An intense and thrilling read . . . brilliantly told.' Tracy S.
'A fantastic, chilling thriller. This book had great suspense, mystery, gaslighting, dark secrets and some wild twists!' Debbie B.
Bella writes twisty fiction about intimate relationships, dark secrets, and the stories we hide from those closest to us.
Dr. Bella Ellwood-Clayton holds a BA from Concordia University in Montréal and a PhD from the University of Melbourne in sexual anthropology. Her novels include The Swimming Group (Joffe Books, 2025) and her debut Weekend Friends (Post Hill Press/Simon & Schuster, 2023), hailed as "unputdownable" by bestselling author Nicola Moriarty. She is also the author of Sex Drive: In Pursuit of Female Desire (Allen & Unwin, 2012). Her work has appeared in the Huffington Post and Daily Life, and she has been featured in a National Geographic documentary and given a TEDx talk.
Married to an Aussie, she lives in Melbourne with her two screen-obsessed teens and a mini Maltese who's convinced he's a pit bull. When not writing, you can find her downward dogging, coaxing her offspring to go outside, and randomly blurting out, "Oh, that's a good story idea."
I came to the idyllic seaside town of Provincetown, to raise my young niece and figure out what to do next with my life. Eleven months ago my sister vanished off the coast of Ocracoke Island. No body, no answers. Just a teenage daughter left behind - and me. At the same time, the man I thought I was going to marry cheated on me with a cute young florist.
I joined the Tragic Wives' Group - a tight-knit, cold-water swimming group with enough personal drama to fill a bestseller. And one of us has put it in a manuscript, spilling all our secrets.
Then she disappears . . . leaving just a pile of clothes on the sand. She's the second person I've lost in twelve months.
A SEXY BLEND OF TENSION AND SUSPENSE WITH AN ENDING YOU WON'T SEE COMING.
This razor-sharp thriller of friendship, obsession and the secrets we'd do anything to protect is perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand, Liane Moriarty, Lucy Clarke, Sarah Goodwin and Shari Lapena.
READERS LOVE THE SWIMMING GROUP:
'A saucy, shocking mystery that masterfully weaves together cold-water swimming and ice-cold deception.' SARAH BAILEY, bestselling author of The Housemate
'This riveting oceanside mystery will keep you glued from the first page.' DAMYANTI BISWAS, bestselling author of the Blue Mumbai thrillers.
'A saucy, shocking mystery that masterfully weaves together cold-water swimming and ice-cold deception.' SARAH BAILEY, bestselling author of The Housemate
'This riveting oceanside mystery will keep you glued from the first page.' DAMYANTI BISWAS, bestselling author of the Blue Mumbai thrillers.
'An excellent read. Comes at you with both barrels and knocks you out of your shoes!' Holly M.
'Grabbed me straight away . . . Plenty of pleasing twists and uncertainties and a good dose of romance and humour.' Helen F.
'A captivating read. Full of drama.' Carol S.
'A fantastic, gripping psychological thriller with more twists, turns and family secrets than you can ever imagine!' Sue J.
'An intense and thrilling read . . . brilliantly told.' Tracy S.
'A fantastic, chilling thriller. This book had great suspense, mystery, gaslighting, dark secrets and some wild twists!' Debbie B.
Bella writes twisty fiction about intimate relationships, dark secrets, and the stories we hide from those closest to us.
Dr. Bella Ellwood-Clayton holds a BA from Concordia University in Montréal and a PhD from the University of Melbourne in sexual anthropology. Her novels include The Swimming Group (Joffe Books, 2025) and her debut Weekend Friends (Post Hill Press/Simon & Schuster, 2023), hailed as "unputdownable" by bestselling author Nicola Moriarty. She is also the author of Sex Drive: In Pursuit of Female Desire (Allen & Unwin, 2012). Her work has appeared in the Huffington Post and Daily Life, and she has been featured in a National Geographic documentary and given a TEDx talk.
Married to an Aussie, she lives in Melbourne with her two screen-obsessed teens and a mini Maltese who's convinced he's a pit bull. When not writing, you can find her downward dogging, coaxing her offspring to go outside, and randomly blurting out, "Oh, that's a good story idea."