Deep Water

Vic Van Allen lives in a pleasant American town with his wife Melinda and their daughter. Outwardly the marriage is calm, but Melinda openly flaunts a series of lovers, and Vic tolerates it with a strange, tight self-control. He passes his time with snails, books and a small press he runs.

As the humiliation builds, Vic's patience begins to change into something more dangerous. This is a domestic suspense novel rather than a conventional crime story. It studies jealousy, pride and the quiet pressure behind a respectable surface.