Paula Hawkins raises the stakes in her newest novel with not one but TEN unreliable narrators, each taking turns to tell their own stories. But who will speak for the victims of the Drowning Pool? Since the 1600s, suspected witches were tested by being thrown into the water and held down to prove whether or not they could survive. Libby Seeton, a 14 year old, accused of seducing a married 34 year old man in the village, did not come out of the water alive. However, her legend and the pull of the water for troubled women remained very much alive for the small town of Beckford. At least three more women jumped to their deaths, each being ruled a suicide. Is there a possible link to the deaths? What secrets does this small community keep? What might be haunting those who've lost their loved ones? 
 Hawkins uses interwoven narratives to lead us on the chase for answers. Each short chapter is titled with the character's name whose POV we're reading. The device works well to create some suspense and keep the reader guessing, however I will admit that I had some trouble remembering who was who, at least in the beginning. This isn't to say that the characters weren't well written. I felt like I got to know enough about the characters to satisfy my curiosity. 
 I enjoyed how as the book went on, the story continually evolved into something new. The author did a good job of introducing multiple subplots while layering in the revelations without showing her hand. My only complaint would be that some of the concrete answers were a bit too long coming, which caused me to become a little bored in certain story lines. 
 By the end of the book, almost all of the loose threads of the story are tied up. There were a few exceptions. (view spoiler)[I still would have liked to have known what happened to Mark Henderson and Jeannie Sage. (hide spoiler)] And you can look forward to a pretty great parting shot in the final pages. 
 Overall, I thought Into the Water was a splendid summer read and a worthy follow up to The a Girl on the Train.