When frightful monsters rise from a quiet lake, unbelievable horrors and buried secrets are washed into Alva’s life. Alva’s quiet lakeside community has an open secret: the fact that Alva’s father killed her mother, all those years ago. But now a new rumour has set tongues wagging: tales of terrifying dark creatures rising out of the lake. At first, Alva’s sure there’s nothing in the silly rumours. But as terror begins to grip the village, it slowly dawns on her that the horrors of the present may be linked to the dark secrets of her past…

Unsettling, sharply beautiful and thought-provoking, HOLD BACK THE TIDE is the new novel from Melinda Salisbury, bestselling author of The Sin Eater's Daughter trilogy.