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Stillhouse Lake is a great book. I mean, stay-up-until-2:00-a.m.-to-finish-it great. I read the whole thing in just a few hours, and my heart was pounding pretty fast for a while afterward! new adventures through a one-stop shop for inspiration and ideation, trip planning, information sharing, A fast-paced and intense psychological thriller. Pulls you right in and doesn't let go. Who can be trusted? Is there anywhere that is safe?

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Gwen Proctor’s narrative voice was delightful. She’s tough, smart and disillusioned — and I really wanted her to succeed, to force the world to give her and her children something most of us take for granted: safety and presumption of innocence. She is afraid to trust anyone. She’s been fighting so hard and has been strung so tightly you know she’s *this* close to snapping.

The public thinks she was his helper. So while he’s sentenced to actual prison, Gina is on the run from public opinion which is not always confined to horrific online messages. Gina transforms herself into Gwen and for the next four years she and her kids are in hiding with new identities, never knowing who they can trust. When more bodies start showing up, the police think this is proof that Gina/Gwen was in fact in on her husband’s grotesque and unimaginably cruel activities. For her safety and the safety of her children, Gwen needs to figure out who she can trust—and who has betrayed her in the remote area where she’s been hiding out, Stillhouse Lake. Gina Royal is the definition of average -- a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband’s secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor -- the ulti... Sam Cade is arrested because he has a connection to the killings – his sister was the victim who was found in the garage in the beginning. He’s been following Gwen around this whole time. Gwen’s character development went exactly the way you wanted it to. You know by the end that she’s definitely not a victim any longer.

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Chalk Ridge Falls Environmental Learning Center is below the Stillhouse Hollow Lake Dam. The center has about five miles of hiking trails, including a one-mile nature trail along the Lampasas River, a spring-fed creek, a waterfall, bridges and several wildlife viewing points. On the day that Gina Royal comes home to find that a car has smashed into the garage, her life literally comes crashing down before her. Turns out her husband Melvin Royal, has been using the garage as a private workshop, to mutilate and murder women. He is a psychopath and a serial killer. And Gina had no idea. He claimed to use the garage as a woodshop and would produce a bench or a table every once in a while. He kept it dead bolted, but she never thought much of it. Silly Gina. Melvin Royal went to trial for his crimes and is now incarcerated - which he blames on his wife and he wants revenge.When she gives her name to the police their attitude towards her becomes aggressive. She thinks they must have her mixed up with someone else. She is read her rights and she feels like she’s in a nightmare….this can’t be happening. Then the police officer shows her the garage…and what Mel was really doing in his workshop….and she starts to scream. letters start to arrive from her husband in jail. A dead woman is found in the lake, killed the same way her husband killed his women. Gwen can't win for losing. She pays a visit to Mel in jail and threatens him. Of course that doesn't help and Gwen is taken in for questioning about the body. Everyone finds out who her and the kids are and they get people trying to kill them. Kezia and Sam arrive and they go to the cabin to find the kids. The Graham boys are there, and they shoot at the trio. Kezia handcuffs them. Gwen finds her kids in a secret basement. Damn. This ends with cliffhanger that I didn't see coming, though I probably should have. I feel like doing a reread, already. The story is told in the first and third person perspectives - though, the third person is for the prologue, then it switches to (Gina/Gwen's) first person perspective.

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Unfortunately for Gwen and the kids the police don't believe her either. I can't say that I blame them but it gets really bad for them. Gwen goes to jail for a bit and her mom watches the kids and tries to keep them hidden. When Gwen gets out, she gets the kids and they are on the run. The reason they have to run is because all of the haters that believe she was in on it are threatening her and the kids. I mean these people are saying some horrific things they want to do to Gwen and the kids. I mean the kids too? It's just unreal and sadistic. Even if you think she had something to do with it you don't mess with the kids! Using inheritance money that Melvin had stashed away, Gina created a new life (or several) for her and her kids. Gwen leaves Sam to look after the kids at the lake house. She’s disgusted by Melvin when she sees him. She has had him beaten as a threat, and she warns him that if he comes after her or the kids again, she’ll have him killed. Melvin makes his own threats. and cultural destinations in your zip code and across the country. We provide tools and tips to discover A body is found in the lake. Atlanta heard the splash when it was dumped, and says she saw a small white boat out on the lake.In summation: I liked the main character, Gwen (Gina), she has a strong personality. Because of her history, she doesn't know who she can trust; especially her own judgment. Come to think of it, I didn't know who she could trust, either.Her son keeps forgetting things (which can put them in danger) and her daughter has developed an attitude problem, so she has that to deal with, too. This is so well done. There’s a great level of suspense and tension throughout the book. A real creepiness factor. It’s really rare for me to read a mystery that literally gives me chills. The author did an absolutely amazing job of putting you in Gina/Gwen‘s head for the duration of this book.... I felt just as paranoid and on edge as Gina/Gwen did.... this book was extremely hard to put down, I just needed to know what was going to happen to this family next..... Love how relentless Gina/Gwen was in protecting her children (can’t even imagine being put in this situation)... I spent the entire book trusting and distrusting right along with Gina/Gwen, and I was very surprised as to who the bad person ended up being.... and then that ending! Can’t wait for the next book in this series....