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Raven Lane Kindle Edition
The truth can bring out the worst in the best of friends.
Esme and Benedict Werner have an idyllic life in a tight-knit community until an accident in their cul-de-sac ends in the tragic sudden death of one of their dearest neighbors. After vindicating eyewitness accounts morph into contradictory memories, suspicion, and unaccountable accusations, Benedict is arrested. Esme’s life, too, is changed forever.
As the neighborhood largely turns against her and her family, Esme has time to think about her past and what to do next. Then her fellow residents start looking deeper, questioning one another, and themselves, about hidden lies and betrayals.
Esme has more than her share of secrets. And the consequences of what happened on that fateful late-summer evening on Raven Lane are far from over. When the mask of civility slips, can friends and neighbors recover from seeing the monstrous truths beneath?
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherLake Union Publishing
- Publication dateNovember 12, 2019
- File size3672 KB
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“Peering into the daily lives of the beautiful and talented will provide a thrill for readers…” —Booklist
“[Raven Lane] sticks to your skin and makes you second guess your assumptions.” —Pique News Magazine
“Amber Cowie has written an unputdownable, suburban nightmare, which calls into question all our safe assumptions about what happens on the other side of the picket fence. Raven Lane will linger with you long after the final page.” —Blake Crouch, bestselling author of Dark Matter
“Raven Lane is a sexy, provocative thriller about devastating secrets and shocking behavior in one bohemian, suburban enclave. With timely themes and boundary-pushing revelations, Raven Lane starts with a bang and doesn’t let up until the final, jaw-dropping twist.” —Robyn Harding, international bestselling author of Her Pretty Face
“Beware! Enter the sexy, sordid affairs of Raven Lane with a clear schedule, because you won’t be able to put this HOT thriller down. Paired with your favorite vino or tea, you’ll find the escape into this suspenseful page-turner full of delicious betrayals. Loved it. Clever. Unique. Hot. Devilish fun.” —Shannon Kirk, international bestselling author of Method 15/33, In the Vines, and Gretchen
“A fateful accident on an otherwise lovely summer evening opens a veritable menu of lust, lies, and buried secrets for restaurateur Esme, her husband Benedict, and their neighbors. Atmospheric and edgy, Raven Lane serves up a satisfying tale of questionable choices and their unanticipated consequences.” —Linda Keir, author of The Swing of Things and Drowning With Others
“Nothing is quite as it seems on idyllic Raven Lane. Inside this carefully curated neighborhood, accomplished artists, writers, and musicians inhabit their beautiful modern homes and each other’s lives, but something sinister lurks just beneath the surface. A terrible car accident unravels a litany of lies and betrayals as police begin to consider the possibility of a murder. This haunting thriller will keep you reading late into the night!” —D.M. Pulley, author of The Dead Key and No One’s Home
“Amber Cowie’s Raven Lane is the sly, sexy, irresistible tale of a family—make that an entire neighborhood—that embraces self-deception as a means of daily survival. The result is a page-turning piece of fictional anthropology that illustrates the tragic differences between what we are, what we imagine we are, and what others want us to be. I’m sorry that it’s over.” —Bryan Gruley, author of Bleak Harbour
“In Raven Lane Amber Cowie delivers a deliciously discomfiting and compelling domestic suspense told from the intimate third-person point of view of Esme Werner, whose version of events appears increasingly questionable after a terrible accident on a balmy September evening shatters the delicate façade of a privileged neighborhood, revealing a salaciously toxic—and deadly—tangle of relationships below. For fans of domestic suspense with unreliable narrators, this tale of marriages and parenthood gone wrong hits the right notes.” —Loreth Anne White, bestselling author of In The Dark
“Another thought-provoking read from Amber Cowie. Raven Lane is a seemingly tight-knit community of close friends but which is shot through with misconceptions and murderous secrets. Interwoven into the tightly written plot is a book within a book, cleverly reflecting the goings on in Raven Lane. Do we all have a monster within us? Keep turning those pages to find out.” —Imogen Clark, bestselling author of Postcards from a Stranger and Where the Story Starts
About the Author
Amber Cowie is a graduate of the University of Victoria and was short-listed for the 2017 Whistler Independent Book Awards. She has also served burgers at a frontier-themed diner, hot chocolate at the only ski resort in Scotland, and pints at a bar in downtown Dublin. She planted trees in northern Canada and staffed the front desk of a hotel on a remote island between France and England. She has also been a reporter for a small-town newspaper, in-house writer for a snowmobile magazine, and freelance pattern designer for knitwear companies. Now she is a mother of two, wife of one, reader of many, and the author of the acclaimed debut novel Rapid Falls. She continues to write books that make her browser search history highly suspicious. For more information, visit her at www.ambercowie.com.
Product details
- ASIN : B07HYVKNQV
- Publisher : Lake Union Publishing (November 12, 2019)
- Publication date : November 12, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 3672 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 287 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 1542091209
- Best Sellers Rank: #403,715 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #879 in Women's Psychological Fiction
- #1,380 in Domestic Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #2,518 in Domestic Thrillers (Books)
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About the author

Amber Cowie is a novelist and freelance writer living in a small town on the west coast of British Columbia. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, the Globe and Mail, Crime Reads and Knitty, among other publications. Her first novel, Rapid Falls, was a runner up in the Whistler Book Awards and hit number one on the Kindle Bestsellers list as well as the top 100 books in the Kindle Store. She has appeared at Left Coast Crime, the Pacific Northwest Writers Festival, and the Whistler Writers Festival. She is a member of several writing groups and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Victoria.
She is a mother of two and reader of many. She likes skiing, running and making up stories that make her internet search history unnerving.
Loss Lake is her third novel.
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Customers find the plot interesting and deceptive. They also describe the writing quality as well-written, concise, and easy to read. Readers also find the characters engaging.
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Customers find the plot extremely interesting, with an intriguing twist on the unreliable narrator trend. They also mention the book is a great mystery that keeps them guessing. Readers also mention that the book has an interesting neighborhood full of secrets.
"I can't say I enjoyed this book but I was fascinated, intrigued and gobsmacked by the ending...." Read more
"I found the plot extremely interesting. Great mystery/ who-done-it that kept me guessing and the ending floored me!..." Read more
"...It's definitely an interesting story, all the lives and scandal on Raven Lane. I just didn't connect with Esme or the other characters...." Read more
"Interesting story with a number of twists some of which seem a bit unrealistic...." Read more
Customers find the writing quality of the book well-written, concise, and easy to read. They also say the author holds their interest and the story is well-put-together.
"...Good solid writing and interesting quirky characters.Strong 4 stars. Really enjoyed reading" Read more
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"Well put together story. Engaging characters. Some triggers, well written and tasteful though. Would suggest to other readers. Two more words." Read more
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Strong 4 stars. Really enjoyed reading
Esme made mistakes, big ones, but Benedict was no saint, not even close. I admit, I wanted to shake her, more than once. There were a few unexpected twists to close out the novel, and they did serve to make me re-think the some of the earlier events.
This is definitely domestic drama and reminded me of a nighttime soap opera. I enjoyed the writing, and the characters were all flawed and that made them interesting.
Thank you to NetGalley for my advanced review copy. All opinions and thoughts are my own.
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