When a celebrated feminist art historian is found dead in her Paris bathtub, authorities call it a shocking suicide. But Lou Thorne knows better. Her compass—the dark gift that guides her to killers—has been pulling her relentlessly back to Paris, and it won’t let go.
Then an Algerian graduate student vanishes. Lou finds what’s left of her in the catacombs.
As the deaths begin to stack up, Lou realizes something is wrong. Her compass won’t lock onto the killer. The trail fractures. The answers refuse to surface. And while more women disappear across the city, Lou is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: the truth may be buried deeper than any body.
Caught between an elusive predator, a city built on secrets, and the dangerous loyalties surrounding the man she loves, Lou must hunt without her greatest advantage, before the killer strikes again.
Dark, atmospheric, and brutally intimate, What Comes Around is the sixth installment in the Shadows in the Water series—where justice isn’t clean, monsters wear human faces, and survival always comes at a cost.
USA TODAY bestselling author Kory M. Shrum has published more than thirty books, including the bestselling Shadows in the Water series.
She hosts two podcasts—Who Killed My Mother?, a true-crime podcast about her mother’s tragic death, and A Well Cared For Human, focused on practical strategies for wellbeing and personal transformation.
She also publishes poetry under the name K.B. Marie.
When not writing, speaking, or pursuing one of her 300 hobbies, she can usually be found under thick blankets with snacks. The kettle is almost always on.
She lives in Michigan with her equally bookish wife, Kim, and their rescue dog, Max.