A FAMILY TRAGEDY Amy’s always felt like something’s been missing in her life. When a tragedy forces the family she works for as a nanny to retreat to a small lakeside cottage, she realises she cannot leave them now.
A SISTER’S SECRET But Amy finds something unsettling about the cottage by the lake. This is where the children’s mother spent her childhood – and the place where her sister disappeared mysteriously at just seventeen.
A WEB OF LIES Soon Amy becomes tangled in the missing sister’s story as dark truths begin rising to the surface. But can Amy unlock the secrets of the past before they repeat themselves?
Having just finished reading The Secret by the Lake I can
say this is easily the most chilling book that I have read this year. I made
the mistake of starting this book late at night on my own which wasn’t the best
idea as I had some freaky dreams that night!
When the family who Amy used to Nanny for finds their life
changed dramatically they move back to the Lakeside Cottage and Amy returns to
the family knowing that they need her now more than ever and yet when she
arrives at the cottage she is uneasy from the moment she steps inside. There are mysterious happenings in the house
and secrets kept well and truly hidden and Amy has no choice but to get to the
bottom of them.
This was such a deep dark and intense read that had me
captivated from the first chapter. At points in this book I had goose bumps up
my arms and tingles down my spine thanks to the creepy atmosphere that the
author created. This was a very descriptive book which made me feel as though I
could see, feel and hear everything that Amy could too, a part of me relieved a
little of my childhood memories again so I wanted to join Amy in pulling a
cabinet in front of the door so nothing can get in!
The book is set at a great pace slowly building up
apprehension and intrigue and then the pace quickened as the secrets and clues
were all discovered. I found this to be a unpredictable and shocking read that
I found very disturbing and heart breaking as well as scaring the life out of
me.
All of the characters in this book were so well drawn, I had
my suspicions about various characters some which I was right to be and others
that I got completely wrong. I found myself becoming quite protective over Viviane
and urging Amy to help and protect her especially in something that I had an
idea maybe going on.
This was a mysteriously chilling read that I could not put
down as much as it was freaking me out.
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