• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2022 May #2
  "The lake is darker than a coffin with the lid shut." So begins Sager's sixth thriller (following Survive the Night, 2021), an homage to Hitchcock's Rear Window that effectively uses the voyeur theme. Casey Fletcher, actress and recent widow, escapes to her family's lake house amid a slew of unflattering tabloid stories and in the wake of being fired from her latest role. With little to do but drink, she spends her days spying on the new couple across the lake, ex-model Katherine Royce and her husband, Tom. When Casey saves Katherine from drowning, a friendship blossoms, until Katherine goes missing and Casey suspects that Tom is involved. Sager is terrific at creating suspense within a confined, sometimes claustrophobic setting, and he makes the most of his unreliable narrator. Fans of stories that keep the heart pounding and the mind engaged will enjoy this one, although some may find a few of the twists hard to believe. Still, those willing to suspend disbelief will be happy to follow this wild ride from one of the genre's most entertaining authors. Copyright 2022 Booklist Reviews.
• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2022 May #2
  "The lake is darker than a coffin with the lid shut." So begins Sager's sixth thriller (following Survive the Night, 2021), an homage to Hitchcock's Rear Window that effectively uses the voyeur theme. Casey Fletcher, actress and recent widow, escapes to her family's lake house amid a slew of unflattering tabloid stories and in the wake of being fired from her latest role. With little to do but drink, she spends her days spying on the new couple across the lake, ex-model Katherine Royce and her husband, Tom. When Casey saves Katherine from drowning, a friendship blossoms, until Katherine goes missing and Casey suspects that Tom is involved. Sager is terrific at creating suspense within a confined, sometimes claustrophobic setting, and he makes the most of his unreliable narrator. Fans of stories that keep the heart pounding and the mind engaged will enjoy this one, although some may find a few of the twists hard to believe. Still, those willing to suspend disbelief will be happy to follow this wild ride from one of the genre's most entertaining authors. Copyright 2022 Booklist Reviews.

Riley Sager is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, most recently Home Before Dark and Survive the Night. A native of Pennsylvania, he now lives in Princeton, New Jersey.