This not-to-be-ignored ghost leads Laurel to a nightmarish scene: a young girl lying at the bottom of her pool. Police rule the drowning an accident, but the report doesn’t tie up the tragedy in a neat package. Laurel calls the one person who can simultaneously make the situation better and worse: her sister. Thalia descends on the Victorianna neighborhood, in a quest to find the person responsible for the girl's death. In short order, Thalia unearths other troubling circumstances, which tear down the rest of Laurel's safety net. Laurel must step up and confront the ugliness: her husband's possible affair, her daughter's possible involvement in the girl’s death, and truth behind her own childhood traumas.

Author Joshilyn Jackson was MyShelf.com's February author of the month.  In The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, Jackson takes readers on a soul-drenched, heart-breaking adventure. Her well-drawn, southern characters breathe with humorous quirks and familiar nuances that will strike a chord with readers. I love Jackson's work; she shares stories that make you laugh, cry, and think.  Jackson is a master storyteller, and her characters will live in your heart beyond the close of the book. Highly recommended.