Author: Katherine Greene
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Format: Kindle ARC
No. of Pages: 320
Date of Publication: November 5, 2024
My Rating: 5 Stars
DESCRIPTION:
Using suspenseful podcast clips to weave a twisty tale of a missing student and her sister who is desperate for answers, The Lake of Lost Girls is perfect for fans of I Have Some Questions for You.
It's 1998, and female students are going missing at Southern State University in North Carolina. But freshman Jessica Fadley, once a bright and responsible student, is going through her own struggles. Just as her life seems to be careening dangerously out of control, she suddenly disappears.
Twenty-four years later, Jessica's sister Lindsey is desperately searching for answers and uses the momentum of a new chart-topping true crime podcast, Ten Seconds to Vanish, that focuses on the cold cases, to guide her own investigation. Soon, interest reaches fever pitch when the bodies of the long-missing women begin turning up at a local lake, which leads Lindsey down a disturbing road of discovery.
In the present, one sister seeks to untangle a complicated web of lies.
In the past, the other descends ever deeper into a darkness that will lead to her ultimate fate.
This propulsive and chilling suspense is a sharp examination of sisterhood and the culture of true crime.
MY THOUGHTS:
The narrative in this chilling read unfolds across two timelines: 1998 and the present day. This dual timeline sets the stage for a gripping and suspenseful read that centers around the disappearance of Jessica Fadley. Twenty-four years have passed, and her sister is relentlessly seeking answers. Driven to action by the discovery of human remains and the compelling true-crime podcast “Ten Seconds to Vanish,” it is imperative to finally unravel the events that transpired during the fateful year of 1998.
Lindsey’s anguish was palpable, as was her mother’s. She was only six when her sister Jess went missing, and the wound is just as fresh. Almost like a literal opening of a Pandora’s Box, Doll’s Eye Lake takes center stage after human remains are discovered. Not only did Jess go missing in 1998, other female students also went missing. Do any of the remains belong to Jess? If so, or really, in any case, it is time for answers.
Lindsey’s journey and Jess’s freshman year in college are intertwined in these two timelines. We get to see Jess’s life during that time, including some disturbing experiences. Along with the two perspectives, with bits of the podcast woven in, as well as newspaper clippings and even social media posts, the story becomes both a captivating and a bit unsettling read.
There’s a lot to unpack when you consider what’s going on in this sophomore read from the talented authors that are under the pen name Katherine Greene. The themes are deep, albeit rather disturbing for something that probably happens more often than not. But the book keeps you hooked from beginning to end, and then the ending! Oh, the ending!
Many thanks to Crooked Lane Books and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
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