Your Next Read | The House Across the Lake

I read The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager a few weeks ago, wanting to read a mystery/thriller before Halloween. This book had my flipping pages faster than I thought I could. What a wild ride. This was a thriller like no other, and I really enjoyed this one. This book had multiple unexpected twists, and the ending absolutely blew my mind. Sager does a great job of setting a scene, and I don’t think I will ever look at a lake house the same way.

Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing—a tech innovator, Tom is powerful; and a former model, Katherine is gorgeous.

One day on the lake, Casey saves Katherine from drowning, and the two strike up a budding friendship. But the more they get to know each other—and the longer Casey watches—it becomes clear that Katherine and Tom’s marriage isn’t as perfect as it appears. When Katherine suddenly vanishes, Casey immediately suspects Tom of foul play. What she doesn’t realize is that there’s more to the story than meets the eye—and that shocking secrets can lurk beneath the most placid of surfaces. 

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