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  • Stillhouse Lake, Book 1
  • Written by: Rachel Caine
  • Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
  • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (245 ratings)

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Stillhouse Lake

Written by: Rachel Caine
Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
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Publisher's Summary

An Amazon Charts and USA Today bestseller.

Gina Royal is the definition of average—a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband’s secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor—the ultimate warrior mom.

With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home on remote Stillhouse Lake. Though still the target of stalkers and Internet trolls who think she had something to do with her husband’s crimes, Gwen dares to think her kids can finally grow up in peace.

But just when she’s starting to feel at ease in her new identity, a body turns up in the lake—and threatening letters start arriving from an all-too-familiar address. Gwen Proctor must keep friends close and enemies at bay to avoid being exposed—or watch her kids fall victim to a killer who takes pleasure in tormenting her. One thing is certain: she’s learned how to fight evil. And she’ll never stop.

©2017 Rachel Caine LLC (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

What the critics say

A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, Mystery & Thriller

"In this rapid-fire thriller...Caine spins a powerful story of maternal love and individual self-realization."—Publishers Weekly

"Stillhouse Lake is a true nail-biter right up to the end."—Fresh Fiction

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Excellent!

A really well crafted story that had me on the edge of my seat throughout! The character development was well thought out and nuanced. Even when characters made bad decisions, it was possible to see why they did what they did. I look forward to listening to more books by this author.

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good read

Very good story, opens your eyes to how little chance anyone has in getting off the grid these days with the power of internet

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Lots of gratuitous emotion

Good story premise. Way too much filler that overly explains what is readily apparent. Eg "I will do anything for my kids" said about 100 times. Got it the first time and really didn't need to be said in the first place.

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Great read !!

Really enjoyed this book! Narration was great, found myself looking for reasons to keep listening..will now binge the rest of the series

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Kept me engaged and entertained

Strong female lead, engaging story. It went predictably I suppose, but I thoroughly enjoyed the ride.

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Wow!

Very well written. Great story. I enjoyed this book from the first couple of sentences. This book has made it into my top 5 of the 70 plus Audible books I have listened to. Narrator was great.

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Mass produced mystery

This felt just like books I read as a teen, it was not at all surprising to find out Rachel Caine was primarily a YA author. If you’re someone who’s drawn to the words “strong female lead” or if you can read a book in one night then this is for you. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t worth the time I spent with it. Won’t be following up with the series.

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Bad reading or bad sound editing?

Loved the story! Kept me interested right to the end. The narrator sound like it was read more from some artificial intelligence or text to speech software. It was a tone that would be hard to do so I suspect it may be just some bad sound editing. The other bad thing was it was written in first person so it was never very clear what was being spoken and what was being thought.

But overall, I found it a very good listen and I look forward to listening to the next novel. Hopefully the narration will be better.

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Very Robotic narration

I struggled to keep listening. The narrator was very robotic. Thought I was listening to Alexa reading the book. The story was good, but didn't like that the whole book was told by the Main character.

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Superb storyline

This book is my favourite listen this year. I ate out of the authors hand, I was always a step behind.

The character development was wonderfully crafted.

Narration was perfection.

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