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The House Across the Lake

By: Riley Sager
Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon
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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 best-selling 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 listeners from the first minute to the last.

©2022 Riley Sager (P)2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Crime Thrillers Mystery Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Exciting Suspense
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Loved this book! Started off pretty slow but then it just got so exciting that I could not stop gasping at the twists and turns it kept revealing!

What a twist

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An enjoyable, easy read that unfolded much differently to what I had expected. This is the first book I have listened to by this author so I am about to download more.

Excellent Narrator

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The Narrator was excellent, the story was crazy but made believable. Clever twists and turns.

Amazing twists!

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I best part about the book is the twist.
A little predictable in places but overall very nicely done. Well worth the read.

I did not see that twist coming!

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It was so very easy to Listen to and all those different scenarios and twists that you just don’t see coming.

So many twists

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not the plot twist i was expecting tbh, I did not know there was going to be a paranormal twist

what on earth

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Must read this author! I will be buying all her works from now on

Amazingly gripping

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this was fantastic full of twists and turns! keep me on the edge of my seat! loved it!

twists and turns!

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This was my second Riley Sager (first was Lock Every Door) and second read by Stephanie Cannon, whose voice I'm not a huge fan of. I get using the same narrator for the same author, however it was a little overdone when you listen to one after the other and the female characters all sound exactly the same across the board. Her male voices were a little too forced and creepy.

I found the storyline a bit slow to start and at one point I thought the story was going down a very similar pathway to Lock Every Door, which doesn't motivate me to read more Riley Sager, however when the twists began to unfold a little more thoroughly it was clear the story stands alone.

I found the constant mention of drinking annoying, making the main character harder to relate to. Like a third of the story was her telling you she was having "another Bourbon, a shot of vodka, some wine, gulping down some more Bourbon". I don't care. Get on with the story and spare us all the repetitive nonsense, we get it.

I did enjoy the twist but also found it a bit weird and perhaps not very well orchestrated - as well as it could be. I get that that's part of the mystery but without giving any plot points away, it lacked depth that could have been worked on throughout the story more. I suppose this was to prevent the reader/listener from figuring things out too quickly but it left the story somewhat shallow.

I also find the author goes into a bit of unnecessary detail when she's describing things. Like, she'll be touching a handle and a lot of explanation goes into it despite it being unnecessary to the storyline to go into such detail. I found myself losing interest until it started to get closer to the end.

A little slow but better once into the meat of it.

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A surprisingly great read. Just when I thought it was all laid out, boom massive twist! A very clever twist also that made me appreciate the writer even more.

surprisingly great!

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