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The Dark Lake (The Oshkosh Trilogy) [Kindle Edition]

Anthea Carson
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Something is wrong with Jane.
Well into her thirties she still lives with her parents in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She can't keep a job, stay sober or function as an independent adult. She keeps reliving a partial memory of a party where something terrible happened. Her therapist tries to help her remember what happened, but every time she gets closer to the memory, she becomes more disoriented and delusional.

Then one night, while attending a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous she sees, out of the corner of her eye, a newspaper article with a picture of her car being dragged from the lake. But that car went in the lake 20 years ago. Why are they dragging it up now?

From the shadowy depths a frightening picture begins to emerge.

This is a work of fiction inspired by actual events.


Editorial Reviews

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Midwest Book Review  ... Her mind is trapped into endlessly reliving an echoing memory of a party that turned horrific when her car fell through ice in Lake Winnebago. As much as she tries to stay sober, hold down a steady job, and restart her life, the past keeps bubbling to the surface even as the local police dredge up her lost, water-wrecked car. Alternately harrowing and thoughtful, The Dark Lake dramatically mirrors the hidden depths of the human psyche. Highly recommended.


Willis M. Buhle
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From the Author

This story is written in stream of consciousness style. It is a psychological thriller that reveals the thoughts of a disturbed mind.

Product Details

  • File Size: 290 KB
  • Print Length: 246 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1478192690
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B007EG96U8
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,210 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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I started to read this book and could not put it down. youngspiritsinging  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
The story almost seemed like a movie because the book was so vividly worded. lsb  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
I just didn't feel like the story progressed much and didn't actually clarify at any point. Stacey Voss  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I literally picked this book up and did not put it down except to eat dinner and then it was ending. I was completely entranced and disappointed it stopped. Cliffhanger is an understatement beyond description....WHERE'S BOOK TWO?
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Character Narration at its Very Best August 30, 2012
By Jeb
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Dark Lake (The Oshkosh Trilogy)Stand back! Here is a writer that has mastered the art of character narration to the point where you will think the narrator of The Dark Lake, Jane, has come to your house and is sitting in your living room telling her story. After a little while you'll probably feel a little antsy - Jane seems a little off - and later you might contemplate jumping out the window, because you've discovered that Jane is more then just a little off, she's creepy scary crazy and she might go postal at any moment.

Author Anthea Carson is not your average self-published genre storyteller, and The Dark Lake, unlike the flood of Kindle books being published, is a work of sophisticated complexity. Carson has cut her writerly teeth on the likes of Faulkner, Proust, Nabokov and perhaps a bit of Kafka. When I stood the first several pages of The Dark Lake up against popular author Ann Patchett's new book I felt Carson's work was far more compelling than the factory-produced cookie-cutter work of Patchett.

The Dark Lake, like most good fiction, challenges the sensibilities of the reader and generally asks more questions than it answers. Add that to Carson's mastery of voice, and her ability to tell her story such that the writing itself is barely noticeable, and you have the makings of breakthrough fiction. Not long ago The New York Times Book Review would have lauded The Dark Lake as notable work. These days one can only hope that Anthea Carson keeps producing. My bet is a big break is just around the corner.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful February 28, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I had planned to read this over time, but could not put it down until I knew Jane's secret! This book kept me interested to the very end. It would make fantastic book club interaction. It is the perfect length to read in an afternoon & is full of material for great conversation.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars I usually don't read fiction
I usually get really bored by the first few paragraphs and quit reading fiction because I really like nonfiction and biographies but this book kept me interested from the... Read more
Published 3 days ago by Dolores
1.0 out of 5 stars Say what??
What a strange book. I wasted my time reading this book. I kept reading thinking it would get better but it didn't. It is a rambling mess that makes absolutely no sense!
Published 4 days ago by Susan Turner
3.0 out of 5 stars Gritty, but confusing...
Gritty, but confusing. It's hard to tell what is real and what is a dream. The 2nd book (I guess the prequel) may lend better background, but it was hard to relate since I couldn't... Read more
Published 5 days ago by Genevieve
4.0 out of 5 stars Gripping but tripping
When I read this story, I thought I was reading the first book of the trilogy, but from the reviews of the other book in the trilogy, "Call Me Jane", I thought maybe I was... Read more
Published 6 days ago by Cindy DeGraaff
5.0 out of 5 stars Eerily good
Surrounding the depressing life of Jane and her psychic episodes, readers get a closer look at an unknown mystery never solved. Read more
Published 20 days ago by ryry1
5.0 out of 5 stars The Dark Lake
I started to read this book and could not put it down. I really like the main character of The Dark Lake but at the same time when I realized she was in her 30's I felt like... Read more
Published 23 days ago by youngspiritsinging
5.0 out of 5 stars OSHKOSH
I am a little biased since I am from Oshkosh and came of age only a few years before and in the same sort of culture the subject did. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Clara
3.0 out of 5 stars Confusing
This book was very confusing. The main character obviously suffers from serious mental illness, likely schizophrenia, and there was a traumatic event involving the lake at some... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Stacey Voss
1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Time
Kept thinking it would get better but then it just ended. Don't waste your time!! Just a lot of drug and drinking parties.
Published 1 month ago by Drake
3.0 out of 5 stars OK read
Worth reading but not a book I would read a second time. The story just never seemed to flow for me.
Published 2 months ago by RachelB
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More About the Author

Anthea Carson is the co-author of the bestselling chess book, "Tactics Time," co-author of "How to Play Chess Like an Animal," a children's chess book based on chess openings with animal names, as well as a children's tactics puzzle book, and several novels and novellas including "The Dark Lake," a psychological suspense as complex and twisted as any chess game. She is a tournament chess player, a chess coach, and the Game 60 Female US Chess champion of 2004. Anthea obtained her bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, with an emphasis in literature and mathematics. Her fiction writing include a trilogy, several novellas and short stories, some of which, unsurprisingly, are about female chess players in the male dominated world of tournament chess. She currently resides in Colorado Springs with her husband and two children.

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