From
the back cover
“Downsized
from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, Harrison Allen longs for a fresh
start. Alone with no prospects or plans, he relocates to a borrowed house on
Friars Island in Lake Champlain to relax, contemplate, and begin redefining his
life. Then he hears about the monsters.
“Creatures─perhaps
similar to those of Loch Ness─are said to inhabit the murky waters and fogbound
marshes of his new island home. His interest piqued, Harrison becomes preoccupied
with finding them. But his innocent questions provoke a surprising response:
the islanders won’t discuss monsters. After Harrison meets the lovely local
schoolteacher, Nancy Wells, events inexplicably turn menacing. He suspects he
is being watched; he is warned away from an abandoned monastery; and somehow he
incurs the wrath of a murderous local bully. Then people begin to disappear and
die. . .”
Review
Lake is a good,
steady-build mystery horror B-movie of a book, with mostly interesting, multilayered
characters─even the local bad guys are afforded some relatable, consistent
emotions and actions, given their bents. Lake is an “old school” work
with a few surprising mini-twists, written with masterful, word-economic focus
and a sense of humor (fans of The Police song “Synchronicity II” may appreciate
its structure), a novel worth reading─and owning.
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