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Sophisticated debut thriller about a young woman drawn in by a cult from the daughter of renowned crime writer, Michael Dibdin.

Sophisticated thriller about a young woman drawn in by a cult.

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All she wanted was somewhere to belong.

Caitlin never meant to stay so long. But it´s strange how this place warps time. Out here, in the middle of nowhere, it´s easy to forget about the world outside.

It all happened so fast. She was lonely, broke, about to give up. Then she met Jake and he took her to his ´family´: a close-knit community living by the lake. Each day she says she´ll leave but each night she´s back around their campfire. Staring into the flames. Reciting in chorus that she is nothing without them.

But something inside her won´t let go. A whisper that knows this isn´t right. Knows there is danger lurking in that quiet room down by the lake...

This is a brilliantly atmospheric psychological suspense novel for readers of Emma Cline´s The Girls and The Roanoke Girls .

Reviews for The Room by the Lake :

´A beautiful book ... I was immediately sucked into the writing´ NUDGE BOOK .

´A brilliant psychological drama´ ALWAYS TRUST IN BOOKS.

´A fascinating, intense psychological suspense novel [...] that really gets under your skin and haunts your thoughts´ RATHER TOO FOND OF BOOKS.

´Fast-paced and full of tension´ GO BUY THE BOOK.

´Sinister and haunting. A warning about how far people will go when they are lost and lonely. I highly recommend it´ BOOKS OF ALL KINDS.

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´The cult-themed mystery The Room By the Lake , is first on my holiday reading list´ Guy Lodge, Observer Summer Picks 2017.

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Dibdin, Emma
Emma Dibdin grew up in Oxford, and now lives in New York. She is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in <i>Esquire</i>, <i>Marie Claire</i>, <i>Harper´s Bazaar</i>, <i>Cosmopolitan</i> and <i>Total Film</i>.

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