The Drowning: A Novel [Paperback]

<p><strong>Every seven years, a boy disappears from Camp Waukeelo.<br><em>Who will be next?</em></strong></p><p>It doesn't take long for a little boy to disappear. Joey Proctor can't swim, but that doesn't stop camp counselor Alex Mason from leaving him out on a raft in the middle of the lake in a fit of rage. Alex only meant to scare the kid, teach him a lesson. He didn't mean to forget about him. But now Joey is gone... and his body is never found.</p><p>More than twenty years later, Alex is a success. The proof is there for anyone to see, in the millions of dollars he makes, his lavish house, his beautiful wife and daughters. And no one knows what happened that summer at camp. At least, no one should know. But it looks like Joey Proctor may be back to take his revenge...</p>"Alex Mason has it all: a lavish lifestyle, a beautiful family, a thriving career. He's built his life around the certainty that no one would discover what really happened twenty years ago at an idyllic summer camp. He's wrong. The <i>Drowning</i>is an edge-of-your-seat read." - <strong><em>Kaira Rouda, bestselling author of Best Day Ever and What Comes Around</em></strong>"An overbearing alpha male gets his comeuppance in this smart, creepy thriller." - <strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong>"Smith has hit this one out of the park. Great characters, a plot that will draw you from the first to the last page and destined to be a must read book of 2019." - <strong><em>The Strand Magazine</em></strong>