Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1) in Precinct 81

Jun 19, 2018 Caroline rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Not exactly bad, but the story falls apart if you think about much of it at all. I am annoyed with how the author kept talking about, over and over again, all the "running" the MC had done with her kids, but she literally never once even tried to leave the country nor was it addressed why this was (which I felt was lazy on the author's part). It's hard for me to believe that someone had "desperately tried to disappear" more than once when they couldn't even be bothered to give the next country o ...more

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Nov 24, 2017 ☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ rated it really liked it

Shelves: suspense, murder, z-2017-reads, mystery, fiction, law-enforcement, thriller, ku-reads

I can't wait to see what happens next. The suspense in this book is great. I can't believe the twist and turns that goes on in this book and who you can trust and not trust. Also the fact of the crazy murderous hubby is definitely a kicker too. Wow. ...more

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Nov 05, 2017 Kim. E. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: genre-suspense-thriller, genre-fiction, genre-crime, genre-contemporary, 2017-individual-challenge, books-page-turner, z-color-black, z-cover-water, a-5-stars, genre-adult

An incredible psychological thriller!

A family in distress needed to find somewhere to live and that was Stillhouse Lake in Tennessee. Unfortunately, all is not as it seems and threats arise in what is considered a close knit community. Who can you trust with some of the most important parts of yourself, and what sacrifices are needed for that trust?

I was mesmerized by this book from the moment I opened it, and that stayed until the end, even when I thought I knew where the moment was going. I al ...more

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Sep 03, 2017 Angie ☯ rated it really liked it

Shelves: z-uno-2018, z-tower-teams-xi-2025

I've read this book (and others in the series multiple times.) I like it just as much as the first time I read it! It think it's time to re-read the series!!

Orignial review follows:

Stillhouse Lake is a psychological thriller that will keep you up at night, doubting the characters and their motives, particularly the protagonist. This is a book that makes one thing clear: don’t trust anyone. Ever.

Gina Royal seems to have it all: a lovely house, two perfect kids, and a doting husband. But the dream I've read this book (and others in the series multiple times.) I like it just as much as the first time I read it! It think it's time to re-read the series!!

Orignial review follows:

Stillhouse Lake is a psychological thriller that will keep you up at night, doubting the characters and their motives, particularly the protagonist. This is a book that makes one thing clear: don’t trust anyone. Ever.

Gina Royal seems to have it all: a lovely house, two perfect kids, and a doting husband. But the dream of idyllic suburbia gets abruptly shattered when a drunk driver crashes into Gina’s garage revealing her husband’s little horror shop. As it turns out, Melvin is a serial killer who flays young women alive before dumping their bodies in a lake. But the trial and imprisonment of her husband are not the end of the nightmare; they’re just the beginning of an online witch hunt. Many do not believe that Gina is innocent. Calling her Melvin’s Little Helper, online trolls threaten her and her children. Therefore, Gina is on the run from the past and from those who might want to harm her and take away the only thing she’s got left.

Fast forward to her new life. After having been on the move for five years, Gina and her kids are new people. They have new names and along with those new identities. They have settled down at Stillhouse Lake, Tennessee, a wildly romantic but remote place. Gwen Proctor is no longer naive and weak Gina, but a woman who is ready to defend her family, even kill those in her way if necessary. Gwen is also quite paranoid about her kids’ safety and hardly trusts anyone. However, there are people she slowly lets into her life, for example, Javier, who owns the local shooting range; and Sam, who just happened to rent the cabin next door. Apart from the paranoia and the trauma, things finally start looking up for Gwen and her family. When suddenly a body turns up in the lake – a young woman flayed alive. It seems that after all the efforts she has taken Gwen can’t run from the past forever…

Stillhouse Lake, a nerve-wracking whodunit, is a real page-turner you are likely to finish in one sitting. The action-packed plot full of suspense and twists is pure entertainment. Alright, going from incredibly naive housewife to badass action heroine is not that believable, but overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who looks for a top-notch thriller. I also liked that stalking via the internet is a theme. I have never been the victim of stalkers or trolls, but when I look at social media and online forums these days, it does seem that people are just willing to write anything and everything under the protection of cyberspace anonymity. I concede that most of these people are harmless and would never put their sick ideas into action. But who knows? Thus, the paranoia created by Gwen’s scrutiny of online forums is entirely credible. As is a mother’s fierce will to protect her children.
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May 19, 2018 maria helena rated it really liked it

Shelves: to-sort

For some unknown reason, in my mind I had written this off as a book I would probably not like. Oh boy was I wrong. I could not put it down and I will definitely read the sequel asap.

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Nov 05, 2022 Shan ~A~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery, crime, family, kindle-unlimited, siblings, audio, 1st-in-series, series-trilogies-i-started, favorites, single-parent

Gina Royal/Gwen Proctor

Gina Royal is going about her day and then BAM!! her life is turned on its axis. Her husband and the father of her kids, has been keeping a horrific secret right under her nose. She is arrested and tried for accessory, but thankfully is acquitted.

Now, in the present, Gwen and her children are in survival mode. Their in a new place that they all like, tentatively setting down roots. Then, a body is found in the lake with exactly the same as her ex treated his victims. Is i ...more

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Mar 15, 2018 Michelle rated it liked it

Shelves: calibre, mystery, reviewed, choice-awards-2017, 2018

What to rate? Oh what to rate! I am so torn. I really liked it, even though I wasn't a huge fan of Gwen. I like gritty, what would you do, scary situations. I like to think, "would I do that?" She made some questionable decisions in my book, but I get it.

I stayed engaged in the mystery. I wanted to know more, and it was unwrapped a little at a time. However, there were a few too many things thrown together for my liking. A few questions left unanswered (probably to get you to read book 2). And ...more

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