But when Casey digs deeper she realizes there’s also a serial killer targeting young girls in town. Could Tom be also responsible from those incidents? I hate when a big piece of information is hidden from you for most of the book. It sure wouldn’t have been the same if you knew from the start that the MC knows her husband killed 3 girls and she murdered him for it. Howard Maxford (8 November 2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. pp.70–71. ISBN 978-1-4766-2914-8. It's never explained why Katherine was on the laptop and turned around startled when Tom caught her. Or why she wasn't allowed on the phone with Boone when she rushed off the phone when Tom caught her. Despite Anson's warnings, Casey continues spying on the Royce home. She and Conrad begin to investigate the case of the missing girls. Casey's suspicions turn to Conrad himself when she discovers that Conrad was at one point a suspect in his wife's death. Feeling she can no longer trust anyone else, Casey takes matters into her own hands. She breaks into the Royce home and finds Katherine tied up in the basement, but still alive. Tom confronts both of them and "Katherine" explains that she is in fact Casey's dead husband Len.

Sager is terrific at creating suspense within a confined, sometimes claustrophobic setting…Fans of stories that keep the heart pounding and the mind engaged will enjoy this one...One of the genre's most entertaining authors." - Booklist Riley Sager is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, most recently Home Before Dark and Survive the Night. A native of Pennsylvania, he now lives in Princeton, New Jersey. It's mid-October and Casey Fletcher is recuperating at her aunt and mom's lake house. Casey is a troubled actress and a widow. Her husband drowned in this very dark water at Lake Greene in eastern Vermont. It's off-season and with nothing better to do, Casey keeps an eye out across the lake watching the Royces. She rescues the former model neighbor Katherine Royce from drowning and they form a friendship. When Katherine vanishes, Casey is determined to find her.The women in these books are always so ridiculous. There is so outlandish and jump to conclusions so fast it's insane. I love how she's had like three conversations with this Katherine lady and suddenly she knows that she's been murdered by her husband because she's not returning her phone call.

Wow, Riley Sager has really bombed with these last two releases. This is possibly one of the worst suspense novels I have read in a while. About the book: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 liquor, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple who live in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing—a tech innovator, Tom is rich; and a former model, Katherine is gorgeous. At night, you can’t see your reflection on the water. Centuries ago, before people knew any better, it was a common belief that reflective surfaces could trap the souls of the dead.”

The ending of this is completely over-the-top and caught me by surprise. It's definitely one of his more memorable conclusions. Trust me when I say, it's a wild ride. Tom and Katherine Royce just bought the new house across the lake. She is a super model and he is the owner of a tech company. He created the app named Mixer, a combination between LinkedIn and Facebook. They seem to be the perfect couple. The House Across the Lake is a 2022 thriller novel by American author Todd Ritter, writing under the pen name Riley Sager. [1] The plot concerns a woman who investigates the disappearance and possible murder of her glamorous neighbor at a Vermont lake resort. Reviewers favorably compared the book to the classic film Rear Window and a movie adaptation is planned.

Sager, Riley; Dunne, Bernadette (2022). The house across the lake. ISBN 978-0-593-58525-2. OCLC 1331544159. I listened to most of the book and the narrator was just okay. The male voicing seemed a bit forced. I had the ecopy and only read maybe 15%. When it comes to the dialogue and conversations between characters, I also noticed that a lot of things continued to be repeated again to the point where I started to get frustrated because it’s a recurring theme. I’m all about a great story and the development of characters, but why explain a situation and then have that same situation repeated all over again in dialogue? I kept saying to just get to the point already and again, stop dragging things on. There were a couple of red herrings in this book with some more obvious than others. As per usual in a Riley Sager book, there were a lot of twists. The biggest twist for me was only a twist because of the content of the author’s previous works under this pseudonym. PS - the storm turns out to be nothing than a small rain storm 🤷🏻‍♀️. This whole time it's talked about and it goes flat.Casey is an actress who hasn’t worked in awhile…due to her husband’s death and her subsequent alcoholism. She’s currently hiding away at her cottage in Lake Green, drinking her afternoons and evenings away. She realizes there is a couple living at THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE. When she saves the wife from drowning, Casey recognizes her…a former model who is still famous. Casey, almost always under the influence, starts watching her and her husband with a handy pair of binoculars. Then, the former model goes missing…