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The House on the Lake

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First published
2020
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245
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Nuala Ellwood writes British psychological thrillers, and The House on the Lake brings the standard ingredients of the genre into a remote Yorkshire setting. Lisa and her young son arrive at a borrowed house in the middle of nowhere, hiding from something the reader doesn't yet know. The house has its own history, traced through a parallel narrative from years earlier.

The two timelines slowly converge. Ellwood is good at the late reveal. Several plot threads only show their connections in the final third.

The atmosphere is the book's strongest element. The isolation, the weather, the sense that the house itself knows things the protagonist doesn't.

For readers who like Lisa Jewell or Sarah Pinborough in their thriller mode, Ellwood sits comfortably alongside them. The pacing is steady rather than relentless. Best read in fewer sittings rather than spread across weeks. Standalone, no series commitment.

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Nuala Ellwood

Traverse chilling titles like "My Sister's Bones" and "Day of the Accident," where Ellwood crafts suspenseful narratives filled with twists and turns.

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Book facts

First published
2020
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
245
Language
English
Formats
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