Missing the person you love is hard. But what if them returning was far, far worse...? Equal parts enthralling, unsettling and transporting, The Water Child has been in my veins since I first read it. A huge happy publication day to Mathew West (account inactive)

I visited the lovely folks at Waterstones Edinburgh West End yesterday and signed a healthy stack of copies of The Water Child 🌊. Snatch them up quick if you're in #Edinburgh!

Looking forward to this panel tonight - link to tickets below, Edinburgh people!

Had a lot of fun chatting to Joanna Corrance & John Lees about writing dark & disturbing stories last night, expertly chaired by @tiffaniangus. Thanks everyone who came and thank you #cymerafestival for the invitation!

🌊 Well, this was a treat! 🌊 #TheWaterChild by Mathew West (account inactive) is engrossing, unsettling, assured, and deftly plotted. Bravo! One to devour and enjoy! Full review coming soon! Out now and published by HarperNorth #booktwt #BookLover #BookRecommendations

I've got my Scots Magazine book corresondent hat back on again! If you live in Scotland, are from Scotland or have written a book set in Scotland and it's being published in July, August or September this year, I'd love to hear about it... 📚📚

RIP Cormac McCarthy. One of my favourites, who else could write so beautifully about worlds where absolutely everything was wrong? Keep carrying the fire. #CormacMcCarthy

My earliest draft of The Water Child was much, much darker in a misguided attempt to evoke the banal horror of #CormacMcCarthy. Fortunately after some feedback I realised that isn't my style - but his influence absolutely remains in the book's DNA.

Secondly, thank you HarperNorth for my copy of #TheWaterChild by Mathew West (account inactive) Cannot wait to take part in the Random Things Tours 🇺🇦 blog tour next month, I have never jumped onto a blog tour so quickly 😅

🌊 Dearest reader, my review of the delightfully gothic and unnerving #TheWaterChild by Mathew West (account inactive) is now available on my Instagram! 🌊 👏 This will draw you in, take hold, and refuse to let you go! Out now and published by HarperNorth 👏 #BookTwitter #booktwt

Looking forward to this blog tour for The Water Child which kicks off next week. Not least because it's a "tour" which involves me staying at home & staring at my phone. I'd be doing that anyway!

Don't miss the #RandomThingsTours Blog Tour for #TheWaterChild by Mathew West (account inactive) with HarperNorth Begins 13 July @historyart10 Bunny's Pause

The Water Child blog tour begins today so indulge me as I shamelessly repost... Thanks so much to Dr Alice for kicking things off! Random Things Tours 🇺🇦 HarperNorth

#Blogtour The Water Child by Mathew West mmcheryl.wordpress.com/2023/07/17/blo… via CherylM-M #TheWaterChild Mathew West (account inactive) HarperNorth #RandomThingsTOurs

🌊New Blog Post🌊 Check out my #blog review for #TheWaterChild by Mathew West (account inactive); as part of the Random Things Tours 🇺🇦 blog tour! HarperNorth uneducatedbookdiary.blogspot.com/2023/07/book-r…

Hypnotically haunting, the call of the sea will pull you under and refuse to let you go 🌊 Today I am on the blog tour for The Water Child by Mathew West (account inactive) check out my review, enjoy! 🖤 HarperNorth Random Things Tours 🇺🇦 bunnyspause.wordpress.com/2023/07/19/the…

It’s my stop on the Random Things Tour for The Water Child by Matthew West. Mathew West (account inactive) Anne Cater 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 Random Things Tours 🇺🇦 HarperNorth darkreads.blog/2023/07/21/blo…

Today I am sharing my thoughts on #TheWaterChild by Mathew West (account inactive) HarperNorth Random Things Tours 🇺🇦. Set in #eighteenthcentury #Portugal this is a haunting and beautiful read #bookreview #historicalfiction #bookblogger #bookstoread bookliterati.com/the-water-chil…

Good check out my blog on “The Water Child” by Mathew West. Such a evocative read with rich descriptive language. I loved it! booksgalore.co.uk/post/the-water… Mathew West (account inactive) HarperNorth Random Things Tours 🇺🇦

Content warning for violence, and also spoilers for my first novel - I'm obsessed with these drawings inspired by #TheHouseofFootsteps! Thanks so much Angel, I'm truly honoured