The House Across the Lake
the utterly gripping new psychological suspense thriller from the internationally bestselling author
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3.8 • 105 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE
Something is lurking beneath the water's surface...
Recently widowed actress Casey Fletcher has escaped to her family's lake house for peace and quiet. She's been happily losing herself in her thoughts and several bottles of bourbon, until the glamorous couple across the lake catch her attention. They look so perfect - just like Casey and her husband used to be.
But is anyone what they seem?
Casey has a detective sat at her kitchen table.
She has a man bound and gagged upstairs.
Casey will uncover dark truths so life-changing that nothing will ever be the same again.
International bestselling sensation Riley Sager is back with his most ambitious thriller yet. With his trademark blend of sharp characters, psychological suspense and gasp-worthy twists, The House Across the Lake will shock readers from the first page to the last.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Thriller writer Riley Sager delivers a clever, twisty nod to Rear Window in this psychological suspense novel about voyeurism. When an overexposed actor takes shelter at a Vermont lake house, she finds solace in drinking and observing her glamorous neighbours’ seemingly idyllic lives. But when she crosses paths with them, several details arouse her curiosity, even before one half of the couple goes missing. This gripping story plays on readers’ well-trained expectations and peppers the plot with dry wit, unreliable narration and serious surprises. By the end, you won’t know whom to trust or what’s going to happen next. As in his other books, Sager displays a mastery of the genre that comes from having done his homework regarding narrative bombshells.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The setup of Rear Window serves as the framework for this outstanding novel of suspense from bestseller Sager (Survive the Night). Actor Casey Fletcher has become an alcoholic in the wake of the recent death of her screenwriter husband, who slipped out one morning to go fishing at their vacation home on Vermont's Lake Greene, fell into the water, and drowned. After Casey is fired from her latest Broadway role for showing up drunk for a performance, she returns to the Vermont house. One day, while on her third or maybe fourth bourbon, Casey spots someone who may be drowning in the middle of the lake. She jumps into her motorboat and rescues a neighbor, former supermodel Katherine Royce. The grateful celebrity befriends her savior, who soon becomes convinced that Katherine's life remains at risk. While spying on Katherine's home, Casey comes to suspect that Katherine's husband is plotting to murder her. Sager brilliantly misdirects readers while playing fair with them. Newcomers and fans both will be eager to see what he pulls off in his next book.
Customer Reviews
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Started off a good story but soon became something very weird. Only finished it as I had paid for it but would not recommend reading it.