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The Secret by the Lake: A captivating read from the Richard & Judy bestseller Kindle Edition
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'Beautifully written, chillingly atmospheric and utterly compelling, The Secret by the Lake is Louise Douglas at her best' TAMMY COHEN, author of The Wedding Party
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A FAMILY TRAGEDY
When a tragedy forces the family Amy 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?
The captivating and thrilling novel from bestselling author of The Secrets Between Us and The House by the Sea, winner of The Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award.
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Readers love The Secret by the Lake:
***** 'A real page-turner. Plenty of suspense and twists and turns'
***** 'An easy 5* for me. I loved it'
***** 'Couldn't put it down'
***** 'An absolutely captivating story'
***** 'I enjoyed every line... the characters and the story were fab and kept me wanting more'
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTransworld Digital
- Publication date19 Nov. 2015
- File size2556 KB
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Review
A master of her craft, Louise Douglas ratchets up the tension in this haunting and exquisitely written tale of buried secrets and past tragedy. ― Amanda Jennings, author of Sworn Secret
A clammy, atmospheric and suspenseful novel, it builds in tension all the way through to the startling final pages. ― Sunday Express, S Magazine --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
Book Description
About the Author
Louise Douglas was born in Yorkshire but has lived in Somerset for the past twenty years. She has three sons and a partner who works in construction. She is the author of four novels, including The Secrets Between Us and In Her Shadow.
When she is not writing, Louise is usually reading, walking with the family's dogs, Lil and Lola, and spending time with her family and friends.
Talk to her on Twitter: @LouiseDouglas3 and visit her website at www.louisedouglas.co.uk.
Product details
- ASIN : B011FFXA5A
- Publisher : Transworld Digital (19 Nov. 2015)
- Language : English
- File size : 2556 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 414 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 12,300 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 656 in Contemporary Literary Fiction
- 750 in Contemporary Romance Fiction
- 982 in Romantic Suspense (Kindle Store)
- Customer reviews:
About the author

Hello and thank you for visiting my author page. I'm Louise, I live in Somerset in South West England & I write contemporary Gothic mysteries mostly set in the countryside close to where I live. Thrilled to have won the RNA Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller award 2021 for The House by the Sea.
When I'm not writing, I love to spend time with my family, friends, kind & funny people and animals - especially dogs, birds and whales. I'm passionate about nature, being outside, drawing wildlife, walking, beaches, fictional drama and books.
I really hope you enjoy my books. If you'd like to connect, find me on Facebook Louise Amy Douglas or @LouiseDouglas3 on Twitter. Thank you x
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I felt the editing was flimsy and a few storylines were not finished off, leaving me wondering what happened e.g. where did Daniel disappear to on their first date?
How did Daniel's father go from being a foul, abusive individual to a loving, kind father in a matter of days?
What a palaver over the pendant necklace - why did she not just come clean at the beginning?
Amy left the dog with her father but at the end, the dog appears back at her house - had the author forgotten she had given the dog away?
I found all the characters quite unlikeable - especially the mother.
I will call it a day with this author now.
Atmospheric, suspenseful and dark; for fans of Louise Douglas this is sure to delight. The story is set in the early 1960s, mostly in the remote village of Blackwater, with its vast and brooding lake; and Douglas does a stunning job of bringing her setting to life, capturing the lake in all its shifting moods, the location very much adding to the tense and eerie ambience of the book.
This story strays more into the supernatural than her previous, and is I think her creepiest yet; indeed it reads as more of a proper ghost story rather than her previous thrillers. That said the true underlying horrors in the book are very human and real in nature; the truth once it is exposed genuinely chilling and tragic. As with most of her books, the story is told at a gentle pace, building slowly to the tense climax as secrets are gradually unravelled. As such the book can at times feel a bit slow and repetitive, however, I felt that it fitted and added to the suspense of the book.
Douglas also has a gentle and tender romance evolving between Amy and one of the local villagers, Daniel Cummings; which makes for a pleasant contrast to the darker elements of the story, whilst at the same time Daniel is also an important character in the plot in his own right. I did hazard a guess at some aspects of the plot, though I wasn't sure that I would be right and certainly I didn't manage to put all of it together; however, Douglas does lay her clues throughout the story, which is cleverly told.
A haunting read, and definitely one of my favourites from Douglas.
My only criticism is she still uses American spellings !! That's a bugbear of mine, I have to say, especially in a really English-set story. I enjoyed the inclusion of Bess the dog, too. However, I didn't have a great deal of time for Julia. I thought she took advantage of poor Amy, even when she was helping her out voluntarily as a friend !! She needed a kick up the backside more than once. I liked Daniel and Caroline's characters a great deal along with little Vivi.
I had pre-ordered it for November but only just got around to it. I hadn't long read Kate Morton's The Lakehouse and as it sounded a little similar I waited a while......the very final sentence had me howling but that's a mark of a great story as well for me.