The House Across the Lake

A Novel

By: Riley Sager

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Named a most-anticipated summer book by USA Today, People, E! News, Cosmopolitan, PureWow, CNN.com, New York Post, CrimeReads, POPSUGAR, and more

The bestselling author of Final Girls and Survive the Night is back with his “best plot twist yet.” (People, "Best Summer Books")

Be careful what you watch for . . .

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.

Packed with sharp characters, psychological suspense, and gasp-worthy plot twists, Riley Sager’s The House Across the Lake is the ultimate escapist read . . . no lake house required.

Narrator

The narrator was good - I feel bad saying this, but NOT the right voice for the story. The story was great. The narrator’s reading was good, it was just wrong voice to the point of distraction:

Narrator+unrealistic ending

The narrator’s voice alone ALMOST convinced me to return this book. The main character was supposed to be an attractive 37 ish year old actress and sounded like a 75 year old smoker. After getting past that, it kept my interest until the end, which was implausible. I think it would have been more tolerable with a different narrator but still would have left me disappointed.

very captivating

Do not listen to other reviews. The narrator was wonderful and the story line of the book was fabulous. I was drawn in by the main character Casey and her determination to solve the case, although it took a very twisting turn at the end!

Love the story

The story here was great. I have heard a lot of complaints about the narration and I get it. It threw me off at first because the narrator sounds so much older than the character is supposed to be. Then I figured maybe she sounds older because maybe she`s an alcoholic? I went with that and got used to it. This story does deal with dark subject matter, but it was a great mystery that kept me guessing.

They picked the wrong narrator

This book was decent. I predicted a lot of the twists which didn’t bother me but the narrator was such an odd choice. The main character was young but the person they picked to read the part sounded much older and didn’t really make sense for the tone.