This review was commissioned by Harper Collins.

Charlotte’s world from the outside is glittering and amazing, something to be envied, but from the moment we step over the threshold of her home we know, just as she does, that something is way off.

Is it her secretive, seemingly devoted husband, his loyal friend, Micah, or Batty Jax, the town kook who has the hair on the back of our necks standing up from the gripping first page to the dark, twisty ending?

I don’t know, but I will say that feeling Charlotte’s terror as the secrets unfold, as dark and swirling as the lake outside her door where bodies like to wash up, is beautifully palpable and very real.

As the former editor of mystery books it is hard to stump me but this one had me guessing right up until the reveal.

A 5 star masterpiece that mystery and suspense lovers should not miss.

‘Stranger in the Lake’ drops June 9th!