The Lake of Lost Girls: A Novel

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A 2024 November LibraryReads Pick Told in alternating timelines, The Lake of Lost Girls is a haunting novel that will thrill fans of All Good People Here and We Are All the Same in the Dark. 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. A 2024 November LibraryReads Pick Told in alternating timelines, The Lake of Lost Girls is a haunting novel that will thrill fans of All Good People Here and We Are All the Same in the Dark. 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 that focuses on 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 searches 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.

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Praise for The Lake of Lost Girls:

AMAZON EDITORS PICK FOR NOVEMBER BEST MYSTERIES, THRILLER AND SUSPENSE!
RECOMMENDED BY THE BOSTON GLOBE

[The] structure generates plenty of tension.
Publishers Weekly

Highly reminiscent of many shocking classic horror films such as: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Freddie Francis's Paranoiac, and Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13. Greene has an awesome talent for creating disturbing, atmospheric thrillers centered around small towns and the mysterious murders that plague them.
Gumshoe Review

Propulsive and chilling . . . A sharp examination of sisterhood and the culture of true crime.
Fresh Fiction

A tense, psychological thriller, that starts off fast and never lets up.
Red Carpet Crash

The Lake of Lost Girls is a layered, gripping mystery that skillfully weaves together past and present, revealing just how much can happen in those moments when no one is watching.
Kate Alice Marshall, USA Today bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods and No One Can Know

Only at the end will you realize that you had all the keys to unlock the mystery, which will make you want to start again.
Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Editor

Author Bio

Katherine Greene is the pen name of bestselling authors A. Meredith Walters and Claire C. Riley. They each cut their teeth on spine-tingling thrillers and true crime, and their love of dark, twisted tales with a strong female voice led them to create stories that leave you guessing. Both currently live in the United Kingdom with their families.