Lake Crescent
A Creature X Mystery
-
-
4.5 • 2 Ratings
-
-
- $9.99
-
- $9.99
Publisher Description
A TV documentary crew explores murky waters in search of legendary lake monster Cressie, only to dredge up a body instead.
Laura Reagan, host of the cryptozoological documentary series Creature X, and her team are in Newfoundland shooting an episode about Cressie, a legendary giant eel. Things don’t start off great: scientific evidence is scarce, stories keep changing, and the locals are throwing a wrench into the production. But what began as a simple TV shoot takes a drastic turn when the crew pulls a body from the depths of Lake Crescent.
For Laura, unravelling the cold case means unearthing long-buried secrets about the most prominent citizens of the remote town of Robert’s Arm. With time running out, she and her team must put the pieces together and expose the killer before more blood is spilled.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This eerie novel is part creature feature, part well-plotted murder mystery. Laura Reagan and her cryptozoological TV documentary crew are travelling to the rocky shores of Newfoundland to hunt for a giant eel called Cressie. But their lake monster investigation changes course with the unexpected discovery of human skeletal remains, sending the group on a desperate search for answers. In his second Laura Reagan mystery (don’t worry, you don’t need to have read the first, Roanoke Ridge, although it’s heaps of fun!), J.J. Dupuis dazzles with the creepy atmosphere of the remote fishing town known as Robert’s Arm. We loved the ancient monsters, cryptic archaeology, and storied pirate’s treasure that haunt the town’s history—which left us pondering the thin line between truth and fables. This is a wintery thriller to curl up with by the fire.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Canadian author Dupuis's lively sequel to 2020's Roanoke Ridge takes Laura Reagan, a cryptozoological investigator, and her TV documentary crew to Robert's Arm, Newfoundland, in search of Cressie, a legendary giant eel. At first, a fisherman catches a large eel on the lake where Cressie has supposedly been spotted, but a necropsy shows it's an ordinary conger eel. Later, Laura and crew pull up a human skeleton wrapped in a tarpaulin, a grisly discovery possibly related to a snowmobile accident from decades earlier in which two lovers presumably died. When the RCMP tried to retrieve the bodies from the water, they were driven away by giant eels, or so the story goes. Laura winds up plunging into the cold case, and suddenly bad things start happening to people, like the local Cressie expert, who's seriously injured in a car crash. Dupuis nicely captures the feeling of Robert's Arm with its quirky residents and slowly builds tension as what begins as a fish tale develops into a gripping murder mystery. With luck, Laura and friends will be back soon.
