Thank You to Crooked Lane Books, NetGalley, and Katherine Greene for the free e-arc.

I have never read Katherine Greene before now. After reading The Lake of Lost Girls, I will be reading more by her! A fast paced, suspenseful, and thrilling read of a ride. I thought I knew who did it, but when more details are revealed I kept changing my mind. I did not see the twist of the ending coming. I loved the multiple points of view and they definitely added more to the storyline. I also liked the add-in of a true crime podcast. This is definitely one of those books, I would reread again or listen to. I bet it would make a great audiobook.

Unfortunately I was unable to download this book before the archive date, so I'm not able to leave a review. I look forward to reading and reviewing books by this author in the future.

Lindsey has grown up in the shadow of her missing older sister, who disappeared 24 years ago. Now a podcast has taken up her case along with the three other women who disappeared from her college at the same time.

I really enjoyed this mystery! I like that it was pretty fast paced without being overly full of action. I did find it really predictable, but I do think Greene did enough to make me question whether my thoughts were correct.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Holy moly was this one good! I listened to the audiobook and loved it. I have the physical copy too and that was cool to look at the flyers, news articles, etc. Either or would still be great in my opinion! This book has you second guessing everything. You think you know and then you don’t! PUT IT ON YOUR LIST.

This was a good, enjoyable thriller! This is one of my favorite genres, and I devoured it in one day! I liked the podcast element to the novel & put a modern spin on it. The alternating timelines kept things interesting while proving a profound commentary of families and their dynamics. I wish we got a little more about Jessica's mother, but in all, this was a truly enjoyable read!

Rating: 5/5 stars

Katherine Greene has officially cemented herself as an author to watch. The Lake of Lost Girls was an absolute whirlwind, packed with drama, an unreliable narrator, and a cast of deeply flawed characters that had me questioning everyone. Seriously, I don’t think I trusted a single person in this book.

If you love a slow-burn mystery with eerie small town vibes, this one delivers. It gave me major The Last Time I Lied meets All the Dangerous Things energy. Haunting secrets, buried pasts, and that constant feeling that something (or someone) is just out of reach. The tension builds so well, and just when I thought I had things figured out, Greene threw in another layer of deception that had me second guessing everything.

There’s also something about the way Greene writes that completely pulls me in. The setting is vivid, the atmosphere is chilling, and the emotions feel raw. It’s not just about the mystery, this book dives deep into trauma, relationships, and the messy ways people try (and fail) to protect each other.

This is my second book by Greene (I also really enjoyed The Woods Are Waiting), and she’s quickly becoming a favorite for twisty, atmospheric thrillers. If you’re in the mood for a book that keeps you on edge and makes you question everything, this is one you won’t want to miss.

Thank you to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for the eARC!

This mystery/thriller had me hooked pretty quick! I appreciated the dual timelines/POV and how you could never fully be sure what happened and whodunnit. The middle dragged a little bit for me, which is the reason for 4 stars instead of 5. But that twist at the end - was not expecting!

I feel like this book went on a bit too long and lacked the surprise that I'd hoped for. I did love the creative storytelling through the podcast and news segments etc. but I just wished I loved the story as much! Thank you for the read though!

This book had me hooked from the beginning! I dabbled in the audiobook also, and I really enjoyed the narrators voice, and she had narrated a book I previously listened to!
I quite literally never saw the twist at the end coming, I guessed part of it, but surprisingly it wasn't the true ending to the situation! Flabbergasted I truly was! I enjoyed reading from both Jess' POV and Lindsey's, and seeing the mystery unfold in real time/in the past, and Ryan and Lindsey finding pieces of information as they went. I think more of a closure between Lindsey and Ryan would have been nice to see post solving the mystery, however it sounded like they may have both ended up int he same state in the end if I remember correctly, which I suppose offers the reader the ability to guess on what that means for them and their future. What a wild ride it was.

Thank you, Netgalley, the author, and Crooked Lane Books for the gifted e-book! ❤️ #gifted. My review is comprised of my honest thoughts.

Read this if you like: Podcast style, small town, family secrets

This was good. I love the podcast style of it. The hosts were very interesting. This had everything. It had family drama and small-town creepy vibes. It was a little predictable but had some decent twists. I recommend it!

If you are into true crime this is such a fun audio to listen to! I really loved the intergration of the podcast and loved the host's personalities too. They are someone that I would find myself wanting to listen to in my every day life. Bouncing between two times lines from two sisters POV to try to figure out how one of them disappeared. This was written really well and I never felt confused. There were a few times that I thought I had figured out where the story was going, but was pleasantly surprised when the twist came and revealed who was the culprit.

This had everything I loved in a crime thriller. Small town vibes, family secrets, creepy and mysterious. If you are int he mood for a quick read with a satisfying ending I would definitely recommend this one. Especially if you can do audio, I think it made the story even more compelling listening to it!

The Lake of Lost Girls takes place in dual timelines. The past focuses on Jessica who went missing with 3 other girls in 1999. Current time is Jessica’s sister listening to a podcast and trying to find the truth about Jessica. The main twist was pretty good, a little predictable, but layered enough to be unexpected. Are the cases of the missing girls related? They all slept with the same men and went to the same college. Was there a serial killer on the loose? Kept me entertained and I enjoyed the ending!

The Lake of Lost Girls begins with a new true crime podcast that delves into a twenty-four year old missing person case. Jess Fadley went missing while attending Southern State University, but she's not the female student who went missing around the same time. Four girls at the university mysteriously disappeared with months of each other.

Now, with the arrival of the popular podcast as well as the discovery of remains in a nearby lake, the case is reopened and Jess's family's lives are upended. Her sister Lindsey was only 6 when Jess disappeared and her mysterious absence has defined Lindsey's life. Now an adult still living with her overprotective mother and emotionally absent father, Lindsey works with a journalist to dig into Jessica's disappearance.

The Lake of Lost Girls was quite suspenseful with an interesting premise. The character development and plotting was lacking however, and the ending was far fetched and borderline absurd.

ummm wow! I heard that this one was twisty and it lived up to that expectation. Dual points of view and time frames made it a fun read. Learning things about Jess knowing that he sister didn't know them yet...a fun way to keep the tension growing. I graduated HS in 1998 so I felt like I was right there with Jess in college. And I could sympathize with Lindsey that she didn't know a ton about her sister because she was so young when she disappeared and there was such a large age gap between them. I really liked how the "chapters" from the podcast broke up the story to keep the tension going. Felt like I was learning everything right along with the public but had an insiders view going through Jess and Lindsey.

This book was made for true crime lovers and uses a podcast to tie the twisted tale together. In 1998, Lindsey's sister Jessica Fadley goes missing from Southern State University in North Carolina and Lindsey is desperately searching for answers to what happened to her sister twenty four years ago. The using of the podcast, Ten Seconds to Vanish, as a guide to start her investigation. Several bodies had been found at the bottom of the lake and Lindsey is waiting for the forensic results. Who killed Jessica?
I really enjoyed the alternate POV's of Lindsey & Jessica. There are red herrings and many twists in this story and the final plot twist was excellent. This is a fantastic mystery thriller.

Thank you to NetGalley & Crooked Lane Books for allowing me to read this early!

4.5 ⭐️

“People are willfully blind if it’s something they don’t want to believe.”

Synopsis: 4 girls murdered. 4 possible suspects. This story will take you to the very end before revealing the truth.

Lindsey’s sister, Jess, is suspected to have been murdered when Lindsey was a little kid. They never recovered Jess’ body. There were 3 other girls that Jess had a connection with that also went missing and were presumed dead. Who murdered these girls and was the motive?

Review: I do feel like the beginning of this book dragged a little, but I understand it’s because the plot was building and we were getting to know the characters. The last 40% had me in a choke-hold reading as fast as I could to get to the end and to the answers.

Read if you enjoy:
🏃‍♀️ Fast-paced mysteries
🤷🏻‍♀️ Whodunnit
🧐 Everyone is a suspect
🤫 Everyone has secrets

Audiobook length: 10.25 hours
Narrator: Helen Laser

Thank you to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review! I highly enjoyed this one.

A cold case of four missing uni girls gets respond 25 years later when one of the girls sisters begins to ash questions and as the investigation ensues she realizes she didn't really know her sister at all. An enthralling mystery unravels with secrets of all their pasts and what really happened to the lost girls of the lake


Okay where do we start with this one? It was a well written and excellently developed mystery! It was intriguing and creepy and full of twists and tums Right up to the very end, it definitely discusses a few very dark themes too so please be sure to check out trigger warnings before jumping into this one. There were more than a few cringeworthy elements along the way. Dad and daughter relationship turned dark …. definitely lead to a gut punching twisted and unexpected ending. Seriously taking daddy issues to a whole new level.
While I loved the formatting and concepts of including podcast transcripts and media releases and multiple POVs to reveal the story 1 found there were a few loopholes at the end especially … I don't think its plausible that the last body was just hidden in plain sight like that especially with a missing persons report being lodged... the case definitely could have been solved 25 years ago ;) totally useless police force. So had to settle for four stars on this one

Thank you To NetGalley , Crooked Lane Books and the author for an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Gripping storyline. I enjoyed the shifting storylines. Very poignant and realistic. The ending felt very satisfying.

My second read of the year and another 5 stars! I am over the moon!

The Lake of Lost Girls was such a great suspense thriller! Set in a fictional college town where several girls have gone missing and never been found. 24 years later one of the girls bodies is found at a local lake and this cold case begins to unravel.

This story is told on a dual timeline, present time Lindsey is trying to find answers about what happened to her older sister Jessica who disappeared 24 years earlier and Lindsey was the last one to see her alive. The story from the past is told from the POV of Jessica and what happened up until the day she went missing.

This book had me on the edge of my seat. I truly felt there was never a dull moment. I will admit that I did figure out who did it but there were times I was questioning my guy instinct.

I lived the story, I loved the dual timeline and I loved uncovering the mystery of what happened to those girls 24 years later.

I look forward to reading more by Katherine Greene!

Well, my first nearly perfect book of 2025.

This is one of those books that you can't stop thinking about. You don't want to put it down, because you need to know what's going on, and you can't get it out of your head when you aren't reading it.

We have everything I love - serial killers, a back and forth between the present in the past, and maybe even a tad of an unreliable narrator. Heck yes!

This book focuses on two sisters - Jessica, who disappeared during the spring in the late 90s from her college campus, and Lindsey, the sister left behind.

In the past, we get to find out that Jessica isn't quite the perfect daughter that her family thinks she is. An honor student in high school. Jessica decides college is the place to change herself. But as you delve deeper into Jessica's freshman year, you get a hint that not everything is okay, and maybe that leads to her disappearance.

In the present we have Lindsey, the sister left behind. Lindsey has been sheltered since the disappearance of her sister, but when a stranger comes into town that may know more than he's letting on, her life is forever changed.

I LOVED this book so much and highly suggest a read.