Contributing to this miss is the narrator. Although the narrator, Bernadette Dunne, is acclaimed, she is the wrong choice for The House Across the Lake. As mentioned earlier, Casey Fletcher is 35 years old. For reference, Megan Fox is 36 years old. However, Bernadette Dunne is around 60 years old (according to my internet sleuthing). But when Casey digs deeper she realizes there’s also a serial killer targeting young girls in town. Could Tom be also responsible from those incidents? The House Across the Lake is a 1954 British crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Alex Nicol, Hillary Brooke, Sid James and Susan Stephen. A film noir it was produced as a second feature [1] by Hammer Films and shot at the company's Bray Studios. It was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures under the title Heat Wave. The House Across the Lake is an engrossing and entertaining thriller, at the center of which is an emotionally complex woman that readers will find themselves cheering on as she searches for her new friend, but the truth eludes her until Sager dramatically unveils a twist that feels completely organic and satisfying. But take Sager's advice and go "in blind, . . . The less you know, the better." Rankin, Seija (November 18, 2021). "First look: 'Final Girls' author Riley Sager's new book is a juicy thriller about voyeurism". EW.com . Retrieved 2022-07-11.

I also really enjoyed, not just Casey as a main character, but all her interactions and musings involving the Royces. They certainly kept her mind occupied, at least for a little while. Casey's mother, in an ill-advised effort to help her daughter, ships her off to their Vermont lake house, because we all know being secluded in the middle of nowhere on a lake will make you quit drinking. Even with the struggles, I absolutely did enjoy it because Sager's writing style, sarcasm, jokey jokes, and settings just thrill me every single time! There's some legitimate chemistry between Alex Nicol and Hillary Brooke. Good work too from Sidney James as the unfortunate husband, and Alan Wheatley as a detective.as for the positives, i loved this book up until the main plot twist which is a little more than halfway. so i enjoyed more than half the book! and the talk of alcoholism helped me understand more about this struggle, which is great that the author shone a light on it. oh and there were actually multiple plot twists which was exciting. the characters each had vastly different personalities and i loved reading about each of them until, of course, the plot twist i keep mentioning (sorry!) i hope this review helps because i tried my best to avoid spoilers but i wanted to let you all know the genre of this book isn’t just thriller/mystery but paranormal as well. Depending on how you break them up, there are multiple twists, but they can mostly be attributed to two different parts of the story, which is where most readers either love or hate it. The House Across the Lake very much feels like the blending of two books into one, which did give a slightly clunky vibe to the overall narrative and a feel that maybe too much is included, while also serving a particular type of plot twist (supernatural theme) that some readers like to know about before going in, as they don't enjoy it. Also, there is very much a dependence on the reader being denied certain information a la Agatha Christie style that ties into a twist, so if any of these things are a hard pass for you, you've been warned upfront. The House Across the Lake can best be described as a combination between Goodnight Beautiful, Misery, The Woman in the Window, and Behind Her Eyes.

Hammer Films helped produce this U.S./British film noir that has an American ex-patriate(Alex Nicol[THE SCREAMING SKULL,BLOODY MAMA,A*P*E]) who finds himself lured under the icy charms of his wealthy neighbor(Hillary Brooke[MINISTRY OF FEAR,THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH[1956]]) as she allures him to follows her path while she's involved in a series of murders. Drinking her days away, Casey is obviously not in a good head space. She struggles to concentrate on anything, or remain focused, that is until she begins to utilize the family binoculars.The movie was perfectly paced. The duration of the movie seems short, but it’s enough to get sympathy for the (not many) characters.

until about halfway through when a twist occurs that is pretty implausible with little explanation. Such a disappointment. Ugh! The ending was satisfying though, and it was entertaining overall. Not sure if Sager has lost his touch/giving into pressure and demand for more books, but this one and Survive the Night were not it. I’m mad I wasted a libro.fm credit on this one. I think I’ll never get that reading high like I did for Home Before Dark and Last Time I Lied ever again… The ending is straight-up crazytown, but it kinda-sorta worked on me. A fun trippy little thriller. Pennington, Gail. "6 mystery novels offer new angles — and a few new favorites". STLtoday.com . Retrieved 2022-07-11.

Sager, Riley (2022). The house across the lake: a novel. [New York]. ISBN 978-0-593-18319-9. OCLC 1269097051. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) The paranormal came out practically out of nowhere. I know the author has often played with the “is it paranormal or people” which I like but this time it wasn’t well executed. The neighbour’s wife being possessed by her dead husband was just... a completely different book. Casey is a mourning alcoholic trying to cope with the death of her husband by staying at her lake house. In actuality, she is exiled to her family lake house by her mother after making a drunken scene in front of a crowd of paparazzi (Casey and her family were quite famous in showbiz). The House Across the Lake is a 2022 thriller novel by American author Todd Ritter, writing under the pen name Riley Sager. [1] The plot concerns a woman who investigates the disappearance and possible murder of her glamorous neighbor at a Vermont lake resort. Reviewers favorably compared the book to the classic film Rear Window and a movie adaptation is planned. I have stated many times that I’m tired of boozy narrators but this time I wasn’t bothered, because Casey is not an unreliable narrator and I never once thought she was imagining things. There are shades of Rear Window, a favorite movie of Casey’s, so this is hardly a new theme.