This mystery novel is set in Cornwall as Esther has to move away from London and live with her Auntie. Cornish village life is quite a shock for Esther but she adapts to her new home and makes the best of things.
The Lake is not the best of mysteries and it has one of my pet hates. This novel has 20 chapters, 16 are set in 2009 but woven between the whole story are 4 chapters that flashback to 1977. This is rather annoying!
Steven tries to develop a mystery surrounding the village lake by raising suspicions about it's history, hence the 1977 chapters and a locked room in the Aunties cottage. But this mystery is quite shallow as Steven gives you the links in the mystery without you having to think too hard. The odd things add up so easily that the mystery is no real surprise. The inclusion of an unusual tattoo is like a red flag to a bull.
The story rolls on and I became less interested as the chapters went by. Then we have some supernatural nonsense to bring the story to a close. The Lake did not do much for me and I can only vote it 2 stars. I suggest you give The Lake a MISS and look elsewhere.
The Lake is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2011.
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