Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1) by Rachel Caine
Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Gina Royal returned home one night with her children in the car to find their home surrounded in the many vehicles of first responders and their flashing lights. Fearing the worst Gina announces that this is her home to only be forced from her car and put into handcuffs in front of her kids. Having no clue what is going on Gina is shocked and mortified when she finds out that a car has crashed into her home revealing that her husband’s private work area was hiding his victims.
Now years later Gina has remade herself into Gwen Proctor, another in a long list of aliases as she and her children have done their best to stay in hiding after the publicity and trial had died down. With public opinion continuing to crucify her on a daily basis Gwen lives in constant fear of being discovered of being the wife of a serial killer no matter how hard she’s tried to prove that she was innocent in his acts.
Tired of always being on the run Gwen has vowed that this time will be different and she and her children will finally have the home that they have longed for all these years since that fateful night. Stillhouse Lake seemed to be the perfect place for the family to settle down and call home with a private setting and even a safe room within their home. But when a body is found in the nearby lake all those memories of the trial come back to haunt Gwen.
Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine is the first book in the new mystery/thriller series by the same name. The story focuses on the family that is left behind when it’s found that who they thought of as a loving husband and father is found to actually be a killer and is now behind bars. The torment didn’t stop after the trial however putting them on constant alert.
The one thing this book makes clear in all the twists and turns and excitement of the story is how in today’s age the theory of innocent until proven guilty has been forgotten. How many time reading news articles and comments do we see conclusions being made on very few facts?? This made this family’s fictional story feel all the more real and it was easy to become completely invested in seeing how things would turn out for them.
In the end I found this one to be a highly addictive page turner that has me extremely excited for the next in the series. I’d definitely recommend checking this one out!
Carries Book Reviews 
This book looked really good and is on my TBR. Your review makes me anxious to get to it!
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I hope you like it too Alyssa! I had to get this one read to see if I wanted to pick up the second that’s coming soon and yes, now I definitely do. 🙂
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Good to hear. I’ll get started soon!
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Fab review Carrie! I need to read this ASAP because I just got approved for the sequel. After reading your review now I’m really psyched!
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You had to request?? I read this real quick last week when book 2 was put on the site but it was a read now, wanted to make sure I’d want to continue but grabbed it right up when done. 🙂
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Ooh. I think it was a read now, now that you mention it.😁
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Haha well you had me thinking it was good I hadn’t put it off.
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WOW Carrie! This story line sounds amazing! Is this on NetGalley? Fantastic Review Carrie! As always! Man I couldn’t imagine how Gina must have felt coming home to that! This plot sounds like the perfect book for me! Thanks for sharing this awesome review! You rock Carrie!😎
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I’m not sure if this one was ever on Netgalley or not, I picked it up as a Kindle First read on Amazon a few months back. The second book however was just added to NG last week so I grabbed that one. 🙂
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I saw it was previously on NetGalley!😕 I will have to check it out at the library when I catch up but that storyline sounds so awesome!
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Rachel is a huge author so no doubt your library should have it. Should check out her Great Library series too if you haven’t read those, young adult fantasy reads that are pretty darn good if I do say so. 🙂
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Those do sound awesome Carrie!!!! Thanks so much for the recommendation!😉
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You’re welcome! Kim will back me up on those too. 🙂
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I always love hearing y’alls recommendations! That’s what half my TBR list is. I should make a shelf on Goodreads that says Kim and Carries recommendations! 😂😂😂
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LOL Well I’ve seen people with all kinds of shelf names so it wouldn’t hurt to keep track that way. 🙂
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I think it’s a grand idea!!!!!😎
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I see it was previously on NetGalley! Oh man! I will have to check it out at the library or may but this one!😎
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Great review Carrie. I will have to pick this one up.
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Thanks Carla!
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