I’m going to call it and DNF it for now. Might try this again later but it isn’t catching my interest right now.

Wow—I really liked the ending of this book but I did feel like it was giving Woman in the Window/ Girl on The Train Vibes but then that was likely Sager’s point -Messing with readers and playing with popular tropes. SO well done!

This was my first Riley Sager book and I enjoyed it from the start. I loved the lake setting, as well as the twists that kept coming!


Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for my arc in exchange for an honest review.

Really great story from a really good author. The characters are easy to relate to and at times some of them can be a little annoying, but the story in general is a good cabin read.

Casey Fletcher is a recently widowed actress who’s been on the receiving end of some bad press. Thinking she needs less press and less access to alcohol, an escape to her family’s lake house in Vermont seems like just the ticket.

Soon, a tech mogul (Tom) and former model (Katherine) move in across the lake, and Casey’s binoculars stray toward the golden couple’s many-windowed home. After rescuing Katherine from the lake, the two strike up a friendship, and Casey realizes there’s something amiss across the lake. When Katherine goes missing, Casey sounds the alarm. Did she run away? Did Tom do something to her? Will anyone trust an actress whose public spiral hasn’t been forgotten?

I love everything Riley Sager writes, and this is no exception!

The House Across the Lake is definitely a creepy mystery that I absolutely loved. Not everyone will love the main character, but I sure loved the way she was written.

I highly recommend this book!

Thank you for the advanced copy of this book! I will be posting my review on social media, to include Instagram, Amazon, Goodreads, and Instagram!

I love reading Riley Sager’s books. They have all been a perfect combination of mystery and suspense. I was excited to read this one but felt it difficult for me to connect to the characters. This was a miss for me but may appeal to others. I still think Riley Sager is one of the best modern thriller writers out there!

Liked this one a lot. Enjoyed the supernatural element. The story definitely surprised me more than his recent books.

This book is great! Would definitely recommend. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

OK, this was crazy but I loved it. The perfect pre-Halloween read. I can see why some readers might be rolling their eyes but I was here for the ride and really enjoyed the way the story wrapped up. I definitely did not see the sharp turn coming in the plot, and the narrative took a whole new path about 70% of the way through, which in my opinion makes for a great horror/thriller.

I thought I had reviewed this one already, but you what I love Sager's books and I don't mind leaving a few words to encourage y'all to read him.

As with many of Sager's book they open like a gun shot! Your blindsided, taken aback by the eerie introduction, followed closely by a shock to your system as he revs up your heart.

I liked this one a lot. It was creepy, often befuddling and completely left field for him. Unlike some of his others Last House takes you down the paranormal path, our narrator is unreliable, things are going down and you're constantly questioning them. This one was right up there with some of my faves!

Riley Sager's latest psychological suspense thriller is infused with echoes of Rear Window, it features widowed actress, Casey Fletcher, a woman struggling to cope, taking to the demon drink to escape her pain and misery, only find her life slipping out of her control, sacked from her last production. Her torrid downward spiral is captured by the media, this is exacerbated by unsympathetic coverage on social media, this leads to her famous movie star mother pushing her to to take up residence in the family home, for the peace and quiet, at the atmospheric Lake Greene in Vermont, under the mistaken belief that alcohol will be harder to obtain there. The lakehouse does not provide the much hoped for solace, but armed with her binoculars and the inevitable drink, she finds her interest snagged by the couple in the house across the lake. They are the wealthy tech businessman, Tom Royce, and his beautiful wife, the former model Katherine.

The glamorous perfect couple's facade begins to fray when Casey ends up rescuing Katherine from drowning in the lake. The two woman start to get to know each other as they edge towards becoming friends, but when Katherine disappears, given what she has observed, Casey is suspicious at this turn of events. This propels her to seek the truth as she investigates in this intriguing narrative with its twists, there are odd happenings, and the novel ends up venturing into surprisingly unexpected territory. This is a fast paced and entertaining psychological drama, there is the requisite unreliable narrator, but it does require a suspension of disbelief to get the most out of it. I recommend this to Sager fans and to others who enjoy psychological thrillers. Many thanks to the publisher for an ARC.

My first Riley Sager and not my last! Twists/turns throughout - different character points of view added an element of enjoyment to see/try to figure out where each was "coming from"

Why is it so hard for this man to write women? It's like he took it as a personal challenge to see how badly he could fail the Bechdel Test. This book really wanted to be Rear Window with a supernatural twist, but neither one was done well. The MC's alcohol addiction was poorly done as well. Did not sit well with me at all.

I'm really surprised so many people disliked this one. Maybe it's because I had super low expectations from reading all the bad reviews, but I thought this was a fun, fast-paced read! The twists are what made it super fun. The twists were a part of the typical Riley Sager formula where you get a twist of a twist. I know people don't like that, but it's his thing and I don't mind it.

Also, I think a lot of people didn't like the way things went towards the end of the book, but I thought it was what made the book fun! I really recommend keeping an open mind while reading it. It's also the perfect read if you're in a reading slump and looking for a fun book!

As I get more and more into thrillers, I find that some authors wait until the last minute to throw curveballs at you and then other authors, like Riley Sager build twists and turns into their character development so even when you think you know what's really going on, you really don't. I am a new Riley Sager fan because of this book. I read it before it got published and I have since recommended it to everyone I know because the story has you on the edge of your seat from the beginning. I sincerely like Casey as a character even though she is flawed and the interactions between her and Katherine lead to so many questions. I immediately thought I knew what happened to Casey and as characters are introduced, it leads to so many other directions. If you are newly trying to get into thrillers or you need a change from the normal tropes, you should read this book!

This was my least favorite of Sager’s. It’s about a woman that has recently lost her husband and she goes off to her family’s Lake House to recover from both the loss and her alcoholism.
She sees some things happen at the house across the lake and becomes entangled in their lives

This copy was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and the publisher for review. All opinions are my own.

I have to say this is not the Riley Sager book to listen to the audio version of. A narrator can make or break a audiobook and this time it failed. The narrator sounded like a older woman and it conflicted greatly with the character being in her 30s.

The overall story was pretty good. I couldn't get around the main characters alcoholism though it makes some sense during the climax/.revelations (that I didn't see coming). I did not know going into this either that there would be a paranormal aspect to the story and in the end I wish Sager had dived deep (pun intended) into it, expanded and given us more.

Overall, recommend if you are looking for a easy to read, fast thriller/mystery.

this book is giving the woman in the window and layla all wrapped up in a paranormal spooky cozy vermont blanket — i loved the twist and the twists kept twisting !!!