Whispers of the Lake

A marriage on the rocks,a missing friendand a tangle of shocking lies converge at a peaceful North Carolina lakefront cottage in this irresistibly twisty new psychological thriller from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shanora Williams ΓÇô perfect for readers of Liv ConstantineTarryn FisherKellye Garrettand Caroline Kepnes. Investigative reporter Rose Howard is exhausted from trying to manage her seemingly perfect life. With her marriage to the man she thought was her one true love collapsingshe desperately needs for one thing to go right. While striving for a promotion to senior reporterher efforts are interrupted when she learns her former best friend and travel vloggerEve Castilloisn’t responding to attempts to contact her at the North Carolina cottage she’s reviewing. Rose knows Eve can be flaky and irresponsible. And after Eve breaks the ultimate ethical friendship code and crosses boundaries to the point of no returnRose wants nothing to do with her. StillRose heads to the tranquil small town of Sage Hill . . . Rose soon discovers that Eve has vanished without her purse and passportΓÇöeven after booking a trip abroad. The personable cabin ownersΓÇÖ accounts of Eve’s stay just donΓÇÖt add up . . . and most of the town’s initially hospitable inhabitants become increasingly less helpful . . . Rose’s instincts tell her the solution lies somewhere in Eve’sΓÇöand Sage Hill’sΓÇöpast. To get answerssheΓÇÖll have to ask inconvenient questionsstumble onto shocking truthsand face vicious attempts on her life. But some truths are best left alone. And secrets Rose never saw coming could easily sink herand her futurewithout a trace . . .