That is, until the family arrives at Stillhouse Lake, a small rural community in Tennessee where Gwen dares to imagine that her family might have finally found some semblance of peace and stability. Gina is now Gwen Proctor, and she is a new woman-tough and independent, but also anxious and paranoid, unwilling to let her guard down even for a second.

The constant harassment and death threats from doxxers and internet trolls have led her to fear for her life and those of her children, leading them to take on new identities and stay on the move. But even though he is now in prison, her nightmare is far from over. Gina knows she had been naïve, giving her husband all the space and privacy he’d asked for, never questioning anything he did. Most of the country now believes her guilty, claiming that no one could have lived in that house for years with a murderer, not knowing what was going on right underneath her roof. However, by then the damage had been done. Not surprisingly, the public found that difficult to believe and thus she was tried as his accomplice, and only after years of trials did she manage to convince the court of her innocence. As it turns out, Gina’s husband has been concealing his double life as a serial killer, and she is as shocked to discover it as anyone else. Then, a drunk driver accidentally slams his car into the side of the Royals’ house, exposing the dark secret that has been kept hidden for years within its walls. Before that fateful day when everything changed, she was just your average Midwestern housewife with a loving husband and two great kids, blissfully unaware of anything wrong with her life. The story follows Gina Royal, a woman who has had her life turned upside down. Now though, I can safely say that my esteem has only grown for her talent and versatility as a writer. Before picking this one up on a whim, I’d only read her books in the YA fantasy series The Great Library and was curious to see how she would tackle a different genre. Rachel Caine does thriller-suspense! And she’s a natural at it, if Stillhouse Lake is any indication. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (July 1, 2017) This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own.

I received a review copy from the publisher. Book Review: Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine

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