The House Across the Lake - Riley Sager
The Hitchcock references aren't hard to spot in The House Across the Lake , principally Rear Window. It serves of course to generate a highly effective tried and tested atmosphere of menace, but Riley Sager sets out an intriguing, dark situation of his own for Casey Fletcher and her relationship with the house and the people across on the other side of the sinister Lake Greene in Vermont. Casey is a former actress and daughter of a famous star (with a sister called Marnie moreover) who has been living there alone since the death of her husband Len in a fishing accident on the lake 14 months ago. Drinking heavily, Casey's life spiralled out of control after that until she was sacked from a Broadway Hitchcock-like murder thriller called 'Shred of Doubt'. She now spends her days looking over the lake at the glass-fronted luxury home of former supermodel Katherine Royce, who is married to tech giant Tom Royce. That's how she manages to prevent the lake claiming another ...