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Stillhouse Lake
- Stillhouse Lake, Book 1
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Series: Stillhouse Lake Series, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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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.
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A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, Mystery & Thriller
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- stink
- 12-01-18
Great
Wow I really enjoyed this book fast passed and engaging can't wait to carry on with the rest of the series,if you like thrillers you should enjoy this so give it ago ,and the narrator was perfect.🐕🐕🐕🐕
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Gilly 50
- 06-07-17
Gripping
The story is a brilliant one for a long distance drive: engaging and exciting. Reading is excellent.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- tony
- 28-02-18
Not often that the sequel matches the original!
Part two of this story continues to grip the reader and the relationships between all of the characters is believable- flaws and all!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- S. Christie
- 20-01-18
Absolutely gripping
Very much enjoyed this book. A complete page turner. I was so completely hooked that I listened to it all in one sitting. Couldn’t put it down. I have just downloaded the sequel, and can’t wait to get started. I totally recommend.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Jaine
- 25-08-18
Excellent
Had me on the edge of my seat...housework got left until I finished...loved it
8 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Flea bean
- 30-09-19
could not stop listening
A really good thriller from the first page until the last. Good depth in characters. The plot was clever with numerous suspects.
5 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Ian Broadhead
- 07-11-18
You have to read this book
Excellent story with a great twist at the end and hopefully another book. You have to make this book a definite read
5 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- trulymadlysalsa
- 04-04-19
Excellent book, marred only by one implausibility
Well written, held interest well. A couple of minor unbelievable actions by the main character were the only downside. Enjoyed this.
4 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Sally Ainsworth
- 19-03-20
One of the most boring books I've ever read
Very predictable, 2D characters and no explanation as to the "bad guy"'s motive. Avoid.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Haych
- 31-07-18
Addictive
A great book. As a lover of Morganville i was unsure about reading a different series but i would recommend this book. It covers every emotion in a gripping, imaginative story.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- shelley
- 02-07-17
Outstanding book! A must for suspense lovers...
This is an excellent book. The suspense is palpable and the build up is superb. This story is so realistic and so believable and so frustrating! My heart goes out to this woman even knowing that she is only a figment of the author's imagination.
Here she is happily going about her life not knowing that her husband is a serial killer. When the truth comes out accidentally she is called his helper and put on trial as an accomplice. She is acquitted but it doesn't matter to the townspeople or the internet stalkers, all those who believe she truly is guilty.
She changes her name, learns how to handle a gun and begins moving from place to place trying to stay anonymous. Somehow she keeps being tracked down and her ex husband continues to send her letters from behind bars.
When first one then a second body turns up at the lake she is living on, she once again finds herself the center of attention and a suspect in the murders.
This is an author I will definitely watch for new books.
Emily Sutton-Smith does a fabulous job narrating.
This book has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!
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Thank You.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Patti L
- 18-07-17
Too much
Too much goriness
Too much repetition
Leaves you hanging at the end ( sounds like the start of a series)
And did I say too much repetition of the same gory scene description.
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- shopinshop
- 13-07-17
Am I the only one...?
After reading the reviews I decided to use a very precious credit for this book. In particular, several reviewers commented positively on the narrator. Am I the only that struggled with the narration? Ms. Sutton-Smith's voice is good, but the cadence felt all wrong to me. Certain sentences, or sometimes just words spoken too slowly and with a sharp enunciation that felt robotic. It just felt odd that it would randomly happen. I found it distracting to the story. Perhaps it was due to editing more than the narrator?
The story itself was decent and the characters were believable. The heroine was a strong woman and a helluva mother. The family dynamics rang true and the author definitely did well there.
Well played plot twists, and nice suspense.
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- marchon
- 19-10-17
How does this book have so many stars?
After reading many of the positive reviews I decided to purchase and listen to Stillhouse Lake. I was so excited with the Summary being right up my alley. Wish I could take that back, I am so disappointed! I feel like the narrator didn't have much to work with, the story was ridiculous, I almost stopped listening half way through but decided to push on hoping it would get better. It dragged on and on until, FINALLY, something happened and then left us at a cliff hanger..... The author did not use the intro to really introduce anything and the middle was so boring only the end did anything really happen and then she left us on a cliff hanger? CMON this boring book does not need to be stretched into two! One instance I can remember rolling my eyes is when the main character all worked up asked the man she was sorta dating if he had a gun and to watch her kids. She had initially met this character at a shooting range and knew he was ex military.... like hello yes he has a gun am I the only one keeping up? It felt so forced to me, the whole book. Felt like the author forced an awkward love interest into the book; and that she did little to no research on guns the way she kept repeating the same safety rule like a broken record. Seriously she explained that a gun had to be facing away with the chamber up probably 4 times throughout the book. Save your credit this is not a psychological suspense thriller.
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- friendlykitty
- 20-09-17
imagine Capt. Kirk as a cheerleader
Struggled to finish. The narrator sounded like a female Captain Kirk. The main character spent the whole book talking herself up while making unrealistic and often stupid decisions.
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- Jennifer Toney
- 22-09-17
Boring. dumb. Sooooo drawn out save your money
This book was insanely boring. Not only was the narrator completely monotone for 13 hours the story kept repeating itself. Every chapter was the same paranoid character talking about saving her kids and hiding. There was zero drama, very little plot and incredibly repetitive dialogue. I kept waiting for it to get better and it came up beyond short. Definitely NOT recommending.
174 people found this helpful
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- Wayne
- 04-07-17
Incredible level of sustained suspense!
For those who like psychological suspense thrillers Stillhouse Lake is a must listen. The book was a Kindle First choice for May 2017. I read it then and anxiously awaited the audio book. Rachel Caine has been writing books for nearly two decades. Stillhouse Lake is the first novel of hers that I have enjoyed. Emily Sutton-Smith's narration is flawless.
I repeat, this novel is and outstanding psychological thriller with lots of action and sustained suspense so strong as to be incredible. It is also a great mystery novel. It is a MUST LISTEN NOVEL.
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- Chip Atkinson
- 17-07-17
Fast Paced Thriller, Ingenious Web of Deceit
The wife and children of a serial killer find themselves on the run after he is discovered and arrested. It seems no one believes his wife is innocent, including police, familes of the victims, the media and, most dangerous of all, hackers.
This is a fast paced suspense novel with ingenious twists. The characters are well developed and the plot is well conceived.
Emily Sutton-Smith is excellent.
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- Kandi M. Burlingame
- 08-07-17
Cliffhanger
I was not aware that this book is number one of a series. This book ends on a bit of a Cliffhanger.
I wish that was clearly stated when I purchased it. Otherwise, it was a good book & I finished it in a day & a half.
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- Julie
- 29-07-17
Like listening to Siri reading a book to you.
What did you like best about Stillhouse Lake? What did you like least?
I almost returned this book immediately, but I was on a road trip and had nothing else to listen to. The narrator talks in a monotone. It's like listening to Siri reading a book to you. It's hard to see past the terrible performance, but really the story wasn't very good either. None of the characters were believable, and there was no suspense. How is this a best seller?
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