After a very public breakdown, a recently widowed actress retreats to her family’s Vermont lake house. Casey passes the time spying on her neighbors across the lake: Tom the rich tech innovator and his gorgeous wife Katherine, a former model. When Casey and Katherine become friends, she realizes their marriage isn’t as idyllic as she assumed and becomes even more suspicious when Katherine disappears.

Although I have loved Riley Sager’s previous thrillers, I was severely disappointed with The House Across the Lake. Sager mistimed the suspense in this one, boring you with an over-explanation of the Rear Window concept. Casey’s excessive drinking makes her a very unlikable character, and then, out of nowhere, the “big twist” veers you into the supernatural that you are left perplexed at the bizarre turn of events.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the Dutton through Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.