The Water Below

A mysterious warning. A missing sibling. Caught between family loyalty and a heartbreaking possibility, she has few choices and no good outcomes.

Jessie Lofton has always been well-liked. But now, the twenty-six-year-old is struggling as an awkward newcomer to the male-dominated world of firefighting. When her brother Mark begs her not to go to work in the morning, she reluctantly agrees... only to see the rest of her crew killed in a bomb blast.

Now Mark is inexplicably gone. And, when Jessie's fiancé casts suspicion on her alibi, she finds herself under intense scrutiny by the FBI. As the questions mount and her relationship disintegrates, she begins to unravel emotionally, alienating everyone and making dangerous decisions.

Can Jessie find answers without invoking grave consequences?

With fearless insight and an unflinching eye, The Water Below plunges ordinary people into the darkest circumstances. As Jessie wrestles with her situation and tries to find the truth about her brother, readers will ask themselves the question of what would they do in her place... and the answer may surprise them.

The Water Below is a moody contemporary women's novel. If you like serious questions, moral dilemmas, and unsettling mysteries, then you'll love Heather Gabelmann's deep undercurrents.