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Presented as fully fictional, the text centers on crafted characters and incidents drawn from the author’s imagination. The publication includes standard copyright and rights notices, an ebook edition description, and a reader note outlining accessibility features such as font and background adjustments and text-to-speech support.","About the Author  \nELLE BLAIR has been an English teacher for over two decades, but always wanted to write. She completed her debut novel, In Deep Water, as part of the Crime Fiction MA course at the University of East Anglia, from which she graduated in 2025 with Distinction. Elle also writes children’s fiction and her debut, Robyn Hoodie, is published by Andersen Press. She lives with her family by the sea in Whitley Bay.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nIn Deep Water  \nELLE BLAIR  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nHQ  \nAn imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.  \n1 London Bridge Street  \nLondon SE1 9GF  \n[www.harpercollins.co.uk](www.harpercollins.co.uk)  \nHarperCollinsPublishers  \nMacken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 C9W8, Ireland First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2026 Copyright © Elle Blair 2026 Emojis © [Shutterstock.com](Shutterstock.com)  \nElle Blair asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nThis novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author ’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.  \nAll rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted thenon-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.  \nWithout limiting the exclusive rights of any author, contributor or the publisher of this publication, any unauthorised use of this publication to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is expressly prohibited. HarperCollins also exercise their rights under Article 4(3) of the  \nDigital Single Market Directive 2019/790 and expressly reserve this publication from the text and data mining exception.  \nE-book Edition © July 2026 ISBN: 9780008798918 Version: 2026-02-27  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTable of Contents  \nCover  \nAbout the Author  \nTitle Page  \nCopyright  \nNote to Readers  \nDedication  \nEpigraph  \nPrologue Chapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nChapter 22  \nChapter 23  \nChapter 24  \nChapter 25  \nChapter 26  \nChapter 27  \nChapter 28  \nChapter 29  \nChapter 30  \nChapter 31  \nChapter 32  \nChapter 33  \nChapter 34  \nChapter 35  \nChapter 36  \nChapter 37  \nChapter 38  \nChapter 39  \nChapter 40  \nChapter 41  \nChapter 42  \nChapter 43  \nChapter 44  \nChapter 45  \nChapter 46  \nChapter 47  \nChapter 48  \nChapter 49  \nChapter 50  \nChapter 51  \nChapter 52  \nKeep Reading …  \nA Letter from Elle Blair  \nAcknowledgements  \nDear Reader     \nAbout the Publisher  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nNote to Readers  \nThis ebook contains the following accessibility features which, if supported by your device, can be accessed via your ereader/accessibility settings:  \nChange of font size and line height Change of background and font colours Change of font  \nChange justification Text to speech  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nMy starting point for this character was her fringe. I dedicate this to two women with iconic fringes whom I greatly admire: Claudia Winkleman and  \nAngela Rayner.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n‘Adrift! A little boat adrift’  \nEmily Dickinson  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)","cbCaih24f4OC2nX7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaih24f4OC2nX7","pdf",3298896,311,"English","en",105,"# Prologue\n# Chapter 1\n# Chapter 2\n# Chapter 3\n# Chapter 4\n# Chapter 5","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author of In Deep Water?\",\"answer\":\"The author is Elle Blair.\"},{\"question\":\"Is In Deep Water a work of fiction?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. 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