Lie In Wait

Name: Lie In Wait
Rating: 4.2375688552856445 (181 reviews)

Eric Rickstad

Sept 2015 · HarperCollins

4.2

181 reviews

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From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes another unforgettable thriller set in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, featuring Detective Sonja Test

Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the peace of the present.

In the remote pastoral hamlet of Canaan, Vermont, a high-profile legal case shatters the town’s sense of peace and community. Anger simmers. Fear and prejudice awaken. Old friends turn on each other. Violence threatens.

So when a young teenage girl is savagely murdered while babysitting at the house of the lead attorney in the case, Detective Sonja Test believes the girl’s murder and the divisive case must be linked.

However, as the young detective digs deeper into her first murder case, she discovers sordid acts hidden for decades, and learns that behind the town’s idyllic façade of pristine snow lurks a capacity in some for great darkness and the betrayal of innocents. And Sonja Test, a mother of two, will do anything to protect the innocent.

“Gripping, topical, and wrenching—everything you want in a top-flight mystery.”—Meg Gardiner, Edgar® Award-winning Author

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4.2

181 reviews

Tùng Ngô

28 June 2016

There are way too many spelling/grammar/typing mistakes. And they'd ruined the book. In one chapter, a character's name was just randomly switched. In another chapter, the secretary was told to "take the rest of the morning off" when it was mentioned earlier that the time was 4:42 pm. Outside of these awful mistakes, the book is OK to me. Good story, good twist; though the ending kinda revealed itself too early and obvious in my opinion.

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Kayla Nickels

22 September 2018

I agree with some of the other reviews saying this book had some editing issues, BUT this was one of my favorites of Eric Rickstad's books! Definitely a creative and wonderful author. He really allows you to get inside the head of each main character and able to attach yourself to the characters. I've never bawled my head off and then had my blood boil all in the same moment so fast. You want a good thriller read this book!

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Robert Geddes

18 December 2016

The main character bugged me, the way she was quick to take offense at even imagined wrongs to her. In doing this and other things the author proved to be someone who just didn't follow the same formula to story writing. For this reason I found this book to be a great read.

About the author

Eric Rickstad is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of The Silent Girls, Lie in Wait, and Reap, novels heralded as intelligent and profound, dark, disturbing, and heartbreaking. He lives in his home state of Vermont with his wife, daughter, and son.

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