Infused with the folklore of Northern England, It Comes from the River is an unforgettable, uncanny debut about violence, resilience and hope - and the power of women when they work together.
‘A gritty and captivating tale of resilience, violence and the power of female solidarity’ HARPER'S BAZAAR
‘This unflinching debut builds relentlessly to a heart-stoppingly dramatic climax’ DAILY MAIL
‘Haunting, lyrical and thoroughly gripping’ CLARE FISHER
‘Thrilling, poetic, dark and alive – a shimmering gemstone of a debut’ ALICE ASH
The three women flinch: feel something pass outside. A reek of singed fur, scorching damp. Flaming eyes. A creature. It knows these women. They feel its wanting.
From the river it comes.
To the river it always returns.
Alex is trying to hold her growing family together with a husband who is becoming more and more difficult to keep happy. Lauren hopes that the new man in her life might present a fresh start for her and her two boys. And Nancy’s son has moved her into a care home where she feels entirely out of place, longing for her lost dog while dreaming of her own escape.
But there is something else at play here. Something lurking in the water or at the end of an unlit street; a shadow in a bag of strangers’ clothing; a chorus of voices calling in the distance.
As each woman’s world spirals from her grasp, they feel it getting closer, revealing the truth of what binds them together, and what must be done to set each of them free . . .
"A hellish dog with fiery eyes stalks this novel: the Gytrash, subject of a northern English ghost story that is here powerfully repurposed ... Infused with the uncanny and Bower’s poetic sensibilities, the claustrophobic desperation of this unflinching debut builds relentlessly to a heart-stoppingly dramatic climax, revealing fellowship forged in the face of direst adversity" - Daily Mail
"A gritty and captivating tale of resilience, violence and the power of female solidarity, Bower's debut novel is a startling account of three women living in northern England bound together by the eerie folklore of the region" - Harper’s Bazaar, 20 absorbing fiction books to pick up in 2025
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‘A gritty and captivating tale of resilience, violence and the power of female solidarity’ HARPER'S BAZAAR
‘This unflinching debut builds relentlessly to a heart-stoppingly dramatic climax’ DAILY MAIL
‘Haunting, lyrical and thoroughly gripping’ CLARE FISHER
‘Thrilling, poetic, dark and alive – a shimmering gemstone of a debut’ ALICE ASH
The three women flinch: feel something pass outside. A reek of singed fur, scorching damp. Flaming eyes. A creature. It knows these women. They feel its wanting.
From the river it comes.
To the river it always returns.
Alex is trying to hold her growing family together with a husband who is becoming more and more difficult to keep happy. Lauren hopes that the new man in her life might present a fresh start for her and her two boys. And Nancy’s son has moved her into a care home where she feels entirely out of place, longing for her lost dog while dreaming of her own escape.
But there is something else at play here. Something lurking in the water or at the end of an unlit street; a shadow in a bag of strangers’ clothing; a chorus of voices calling in the distance.
As each woman’s world spirals from her grasp, they feel it getting closer, revealing the truth of what binds them together, and what must be done to set each of them free . . .
"A hellish dog with fiery eyes stalks this novel: the Gytrash, subject of a northern English ghost story that is here powerfully repurposed ... Infused with the uncanny and Bower’s poetic sensibilities, the claustrophobic desperation of this unflinching debut builds relentlessly to a heart-stoppingly dramatic climax, revealing fellowship forged in the face of direst adversity" - Daily Mail
"A gritty and captivating tale of resilience, violence and the power of female solidarity, Bower's debut novel is a startling account of three women living in northern England bound together by the eerie folklore of the region" - Harper’s Bazaar, 20 absorbing fiction books to pick up in 2025
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