Slaughter in Southwold: Anna Mazzola and Abir Mukherjee

Anna Mazzola’s Notes on a Drowning follows lawyer Alex investigating a teenager’s suspicious drowning while confronting her sister’s unresolved disappearance. Working alongside political adviser Kat, she uncovers corruption and institutional cover-ups connected to the victim’s death. Meanwhile, Abir Mukherjee’s latest thriller centres on a luxury Mumbai skyscraper where actor George Abercrombie awakens beside his murdered wife, Bollywood star Sweety Sahota. As evidence disappears and residents hide secrets, suspicion spreads through the building’s privileged elite and vulnerable workers. Both novels explore power, inequality, and hidden corruption while delivering tense mysteries driven by personal trauma, political influence, and dangerous deception.