Eva wakes to find herself with horrific injuries, amnesia and locked in the attic of the family home. Her parents are protecting her, but from what…or who…?
Lake Child is a psychological thriller set in Norway.
Eva has no memory of the night she climbed into a truck that crashed. She was is a coma for months but is now ready to find out the truth about the accident. But her parents are keeping her locked up, supposedly for her own protection as she has been sleepwalking and the truck driver may target her as he was never caught. Her best friends are banned from visiting and Eva doubts whether she can fully trust her parents or even the police. I really liked Eva’s character. She is determined and resourceful but I am quite surprised at how mistrustful she is.
There is a great sinister atmosphere as Eva is fearful, confused and frustrated about the circumstances of her accident and her new reality locked up at home. The mystery is sustained well and the flashbacks/dreams at the start of the chapters adds to the tension as we and she try to make sense of her experiences. Then there is a huge twist and the dynamic changes as the book takes an unexpected direction…
Lake Child is packed full of mystery and has a sustained sinister atmosphere.
Book blurb:
You trust your family. They love you. Don’t they?
When 17-year-old Eva Olsen awakes after a horrific accident that has left her bedbound, her parents are right by her side. Devoted, they watch over her night and day in the attic room of their family home in the forests of Norway.
But the accident has left Eva without her most recent memories, and not everything is as it seems. As secrets from the night of the accident begin to surface, Eva realises – she has to escape her parents’ house and discover the truth. But what if someone doesn’t want her to find it?
