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The Cry of the Lake Kindle Edition

by Charlie Tyler (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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A gruesome discovery unravels a dark trail of murder and madness

A six-year-old girl sneaks out of bed to capture a mermaid but instead discovers a dead body. Terrified and unable to make sense of what she sees, she locks the vision deep inside her mind.

Ten years later, Lily is introduced to the charismatic Flo and they become best friends. But Lily is guilt-ridden – she is hiding a terrible secret which has the power to destroy both their lives.

When Flo’s father is accused of killing a schoolgirl, the horrors of Lily’s past come bubbling to the surface. Lily knows that, whatever the consequences, she has to make things right. She must go back to the events of her childhood and face what happened at the boat house all those years ago.

Can Lily and Flo discover what is hiding in the murky waters of the lake before the killer strikes again?

Length: 263 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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Winner of The Coffee Pot Book Club, Debut Novel of the Year Award 2020 The Coffee Pot Book Club - Highly Recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is a novel that is an absolute delight for readers of quality fiction - Mary Anne Yarde BestThrillers.com An unforgettable small town crime thriller by one of the genre's most exciting new voices. Reader Views A debut murder mystery that bristles with psychological and mystical twists.Read Freely Winner of December 2020 Book of the Month By the time you close the final page you feel as if you've been holding your breath for half an hour with your hands balled into tense fists.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I would highly recommend this for lovers of psychological thrillers - Jo Fenton, international bestselling author ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There's so much to enjoy; multiple POV narrators, suspense and mayhem. This is an impressive debut and I look forward to seeing what the author has in store next - thebookloversboudoir.wordpress.com @pscottwriter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ [Grace] is one of the most chilling characters I have come across in a book - cookiebiscuit.co.uk @cookiebiscuit ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Cry of the Lake is a delicious mystery to get to grips with. It's written in a dark and twisty manner that keeps you captivated throughout - honestmamreader.wordpress @honestmamreader

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Word Wise : Enabled
Publication date : July 21, 2020
File size : 465 KB
ASIN : B088PWPMPT
Publisher : darkstroke books (July 21, 2020)
Print length : 263 pages
Language: : English
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Lending : Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #287,811 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #417 in British Horror Fiction
- #763 in Ghost Suspense
- #840 in Domestic Thrillers (Kindle Store)

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Adriana

I loved the book and the author!

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2020

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The Cry of the lake gave me goosebumps since page one!
Charlie knows so well how to put all the feelings involved in history achieving my heart straight. It's a dark, mystery, suspense involved and so well written history that you can't stop reading it. It's one of the best books I've read for a long time.
Charlie is not only talented and creative. She is an amazing person that I'm proud to be part of the same team as hers.

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Unreadable

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020

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I was so confused I quit at second chapter. One minute she's Grace the next it's Annie . It was awful. You get what you pay for and I paid nothing. Which is what this book is worth. Doesn't anyone proof read these kindle books. My teenage granddaughter writes better stories.

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Cat L.

Dark and delicious!

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2020

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This book is a real rollercoaster of a ride, keeps you guessing throughout. Lots of dark material but perfectly leavened with wickedly dry humor that is perfectly timed. Characters are fantastic and varied but fair warning, none are as they seem! Twisty, creepy, deliciously fun. Now all we need is the film version. Can't wait!

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Exceptional debut psychological horror

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2020

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What an exceptional debut novel! I read it in one session, totally entranced, overlooking sleeping and eating. SO very twisted, this is real psychological horror at its finest (think Henry James). One never knows what is truth, what is reality, what is deceptive illusion, or what is one's own mind clouding the issues. There are so many mysteries and revelations; I could delightfully reread right away! Hold your breath and turn off the phone, lock the doors and sink into a morass of the psyche.

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Too Complicated

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2020

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The story really gets so bogged down characters going from one time to another and changing names and personalities that it is very difficult to sort out and keep track of the plot.

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Sarah Davis

Twisted, page-turner, shocking

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020

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What an enthralling debut novel by Charlie Tyler. The story was full of twist and turns. A powerful work of how fear can control a person, make them do unspeakable things. Definitely recommend for those who enjoy dark thrillers.

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HomeDogBliss

Captivating and Complicated Story

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020

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I like psychological suspense, and I enjoyed this book. The characters relation to one another confused me at times, and I don't like it when bad things happen to pets. But it was an interesting premise and had some unusual (sometimes twisted) characters. Overall, I liked it.

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sunglasslady19

This is the story of Lily,Grace, Flo and and lost innocence.

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2020

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The story is made of many layers. The strong friendship between Lilly and Flo. The supposed Mother- daughter between Grace and Lily? The love{?}between Grace and Tom. The former love between Annie and Tom. Then you bring in murder and scheming and greed. And you have a great story being told by a master smith of words. Someone who understands that lost innocence does not always mean stay innocent sometimes it means corruption!

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The edge of your seat psychological thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2020

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This is one of those edge-of-your-seat psychological thrillers. Once you start reading, you find yourself instantly immersed in a tale of intense - almost insane - vengeance, distorted truths and deeply buried, traumatic past. You have to keep going deeper and deeper, until you're totally absorbed by the story.

The narrative is powered by three different perspectives: Grace, Lilly and Flo. Grace and Lilly are sisters, but for reason which are revealed later in the story they pass themselves off as mother and daughter. It is primarily Grace who adopts this new, alien to her psyche personality to ensnare Tom, a man the two sisters seem to have an unfinished business with. He is the father of Flo, the third narrator.

At the outset, you cannot comprehend why anyone would want to destroy such a nice, kind man as Tom. You instinctively loathe the sinister, duplicitous - and murderous - impostors who have snaked their way into his and Flo's perfect family life. Lilly is the weaker of the two, more likely to crumble under pressure. Grace seems unstoppable in her mission of hatred. Slowly, people from their past enter the scene and revelations are made to shed some light on her motives. At times, it makes for a disturbing reading: abuse, self-harm feature among other difficult themes. A great read.

HelenMK

You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2020

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Even before opening The Cry of the Lake, I felt a thrill of anticipation. Why? Because it has a standout cover. The kind of cover that summons you to click ‘buy now’ on Amazon, or reach for it on a bookseller’s display table.

But you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, right? Bear with me and I’ll try to explain. The cover has a dark blue background with a floral pattern in a lighter shade of forget-me-not blue snaking across it, a bit like vintage wallpaper. It’s the kind of cover I’ve seen on books like The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry; a cover that says to me ‘literary fiction’. But take a closer look. I have terrible eyesight and didn’t see it at first but, lurking beneath the chintzy weave is something far more chilling: a human skull. Now I know I can expect a thriller (which The Cry of the Lake most definitely is) and that it will be written in a literary style. That could be a heavy burden of expectation for a book. But Tyler pulls it off with great finesse.

The Cry of the Lake grips from the first page where we meet Grace and Lily, two of the main characters, calmly wrapping up a corpse with packing tape before dumping it in the lake. Story questions race through your mind. Who are these people, why are they doing this, who is the victim and why did they kill her? And why is the author revealing so much information so soon? But this is a psychological thriller and the mystery is not so much about the ‘who dunnit’ as the ‘why dunnit’ and this provides plenty of page-turning reading.

In The Cry of the Lake very little is above the surface. All is murky and buried in the past and the novel explores themes of identity and reinvention, notably the identities of central characters, Grace and Lily, which are especially slippery. The third narrator, Flo, is Lily’s school friend and, when the story opens, Grace is in a relationship with her father, Tom.

Seventeen year old, Lily is an elective mute and, while her condition is rooted in past trauma, it gives her a small degree of protection because no one is sure how much she understands about what’s really going on. There are some dark and twisted incidents in the opening chapters as we explore the complexities in the relationship between Grace, Lily, Flo and Tom, and the local police officer, Annie, who just happens to be Tom’s ex-girlfriend. Prepare for some graphic details and gross, fishy smells. Just as you think you know where the plot is headed, a new set of characters from the past, notably the sinister Uncle Frank, are introduced. As the past is uncovered, the pace picks up and violence erupts. No one is safe.

The Cry of the Lake is a well-written, twisty debut with some unusual themes and a great sense of place. Highly recommended.

Karla

A compelling debut novel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2020

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Confession here - at first I didn't think I was going to enjoy this book because I was a bit bewildered by the different characters but that was probably my fault because I started reading it late at night. I persevered because I could see that the book was beautifully written (even though I wasn't sure what was going on) and then, the story began to unfold and I was hooked. The book is told from the perspectives of Lily, Grace and Flo and as each narrator takes over, the intricacies of the plot are unfolded, little by little, as the author teases the reader with each new development. The plot twists and turns inviting you, at first, to hate the murderer but then eventually feeling only sadness and compassion for her as it becomes clear that one truly evil individual shaped her life and moulded her into what she became. A very well constructed and compelling debut novel which has left me wanting to read more by this author.

PAB

A compelling and well-written mystery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2020

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This is an excellent, psychological thriller full of unexpected plot twists. Told from the perspective of three different characters, Lily, Flo, and Grace, this pacy, suspense-filled story takes you on a journey through dark family secrets to the event at the core of the mystery.
The author skilfully hooked me in with a jaw-dropping opening. She kept me reading with an intriguing plot that was gradually revealed through the words of the three protagonists. Exploring dark themes, this is a compelling and well-written mystery, packed with detail and offering a view on the disturbing mindset of a killer. Highly recommended for readers who like to be kept guessing.

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A fantastic debut thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2020

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From the first great line in the novel, I found this a deliciously dark and twisty thriller that had me gripped until the end. A superbly crafted debut novel.
The opening set up was brilliant and had me immediately needing to know how on earth these two individuals arrived at such a murderous place in their lives.
I loved the three distinct voices – Lily, Flo and Grace – each beautifully judged and developed throughout the novel. I found myself racing through to see how their lives would unfold and collide in a terrific climax. All the characters were utterly compelling and full of depth. I loved how the author conveyed the complexity of Grace’s character, a very beguiling character, but I equally enjoyed the portrayal of Lily and her early trauma alongside Flo’s sassiness.
A real gem of a novel.