From the Bookshelf of Aussie Readers…

The Cottage at Whisper Lake (Temple River #1)

Phillipa Nefri Clark

Start date: May 1, 2025

Finish date: May 31, 2025

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

No group discussions for this book yet.

What Members Thought

Sep 21, 2023 Brenda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, read-on-kindle, 2023-release, suspense, contemporary-fiction, aussie-authors, first-in-a-series, net-galley, 3500-2023, arc

Sadie Forest had left her home in Rivers End after a particularly bad fight with her father. She was eighteen when she fled to Sydney and in the fifteen years since then, she'd carved out a successful career, always missing her mother Pam, but not receiving any replies to her constant emails. Now, with Sadie's father dead, she was back in Rivers End to help her mother with their aging Inn, work to bring the old home back up to scratch, then she'd return to Sydney. Her meeting with Rebecca, a rec ...more

51 likes · Like · see review

Sep 15, 2023 Helen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: review-copy-from-netgalley

What a story, truly I finished this one last night and I am writing the review this morning and I am still teary as I type, again Phillipa Nefri Clark has taken us back to the wonderful town of River’s End and introduced us to wonderful characters, the emotions flow in this one and you will need tissues when you read this awesome duel timeline, this is one not to be missed, come along and meet Sadie and Rebecca.

Sadie Forest has returned home to River’s End, she ran eighteen years ago when things What a story, truly I finished this one last night and I am writing the review this morning and I am still teary as I type, again Phillipa Nefri Clark has taken us back to the wonderful town of River’s End and introduced us to wonderful characters, the emotions flow in this one and you will need tissues when you read this awesome duel timeline, this is one not to be missed, come along and meet Sadie and Rebecca.

Sadie Forest has returned home to River’s End, she ran eighteen years ago when things got too hard to stay with her father, but now her father has died and it is time to return to her mother, Pam and help settle things with the family business, she should be here for only a couple of weeks, that was her thoughts until she meets Rebecca a neighbour of her mother's.

The town has changed and when on a walk she is greeted by a cat and a cottage by a lake, with a bike out the front and no one home Sadie is worried and soon is meeting Dan who runs a building business and they are out searching for the owner of the home.

Rebecca Myers moved to River’s End three years ago trying to find closure on what happened to her family sixty two years ago, when she was twelve years old something is drawing her to the beach, will she ever be able to find the peace she needs?

When Rebecca and Sadie meet on the bench, Rebecca asks for help to find them and with Sadie’s journalistic skills and her empathy and the need she has to help, she will never give up until she gets to the bottom of the mystery, along the way Rebecca and Sadie become very close, two people who are empathetic, loving and caring.

This is a story that it heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time, it is so beautifully written, emotions run high and I loved Sadie and Rebecca, will they both find the peace that they need, will Sadie stay in River’s End and go into the future with a weight lifted from her shoulders and find the happiness she deserves? And will Rebecca find answers to the questions she has and find her peace?

I loved this one so very much and I do highly recommend it, I loved being back in River’s End and I am really looking forward to more in this series, you made me cry Phillipa Nefri Clark always a good sign for a great story, one for the keeper shelf.

My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my digital copy to read and review.
...more

24 likes · Like · see review

Mar 07, 2024 Janine rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It’s been a while since I’ve read another book by this author and even though this is entirely different to Last Known Contact which is a crime book, the writing is excellent.

Usually dual timelines are found in historical fiction but with The Cottage at Whisper Lake, this involves looking back at the past and what eventually leads to present which was fascinating. I loved the characters of Sadie, who should have been an investigative journalist, Pam her long suffering mother and of course Rebecc ...more

3 likes · Like · see review

Jun 18, 2024 Jan is currently reading it

Group Home Bookshelf Discussions

Photos Videos

Send invite Members Polls