The storyline took me for a jaunt back in time to the rural town of Lakereach, Montana. The narrative opened with the innocent beginning of summer camp that was destined to take on a sinister twist. The character-driven tale dove deep into the psyche of paranormal possibilities. I needed to strap myself in tightly for a thunderous ride that lay ahead. I was not disappointed.

In the late 80s, at Camp High Tide, five older campers banded together to make the life of younger camper, Timothy Waters, a living hell. Always at the mercy of bullies, scrawny and weak for his age, he would have done anything to be accepted. Eventually, he did.

Beneath a starry night, on a dare, Timothy accepted swinging out on a rope over Lake Tranquil and falling in. It didn't go as planned. His foot became entangled in the rope and he began to drown. The five other children just merely looked on. No one offered to come to his rescue. He died.

While on foot patrol, Charlie Hamilton, the owner and operator of the camp discovered Timothy's body. Concerned that the fatal mishap would likely close the camp down, he decided to sink the body onto the bottom of the lake. It was all in vain; no one returned to the camp. Shortly thereafter, it was closed for good.

Thirty years went by. Back from the murky waters of the lake, the enraged spirit of Timothy Waters had emerged. He would quietly rest no longer until those that had wronged him had paid the ultimate price.

No breaks were afforded me as I feverishly swiped away at my Kindle. As the well-written, gruesome scenes unfolded, I could feel my pulse quicken. Made witness to a horrific supernatural tragedy, I could not bear to look away. Coming at me like a runaway train, the ending, so ghastly, chilled me to the bone. With no reservation, this book comes highly recommended.

My appreciation is sent to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for this ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

4 stars

Timothy Waters was killed by his co-campers at Camp High Tide in 1988. He swore with his dying breath that he would come back.

Thirty years later, in 1918, Detective Daniel Nash picks up a case of a mysterious accident (?) at the old abandoned camp. He goes out with his partner new Detective Simmons to view the body and the scene. The pathologist Dr. Sara Jefferson has some very interesting observations. The dead man is later identified as Charlie Hamilton, once the director of Camp High Tide.

Soon, the team of Timmy’s tormenters begins to die – all from drowning. Before they die, they see Timmy, standing in the driving rain, or actually touching them; holding them down so they drown. (Great stuff!)

This book is well written. It was a very short and, dare I say, fun book. Events followed along in a linear progression. One event followed another. I liked Detective Nash and Simmons, his partner, had a valuable place as well. Of course, the book being so short there was not a lot of background information given about these two people, but I don’t think that it was a particular drawback. I enjoyed the story and look forward to reading more of E.C. fisher’s novels in the future.

I want to thank NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for forwarding to me a copy of this good book for me to read, enjoy and review.

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

4.5 stars.

After a secluded drunk turns up dead from an apparent drowning, the town of the famed Camp High Tide is turned sideways when bodies start dropping. This is the first time in years the town has had a murder and the police aren't sure what to make of it.

This book surprised me. I was a little skeptical of how the story would pan out with it being a novella, but it ended up being a great story. There were horror tropes in there that some people might roll their eyes at. I did for a second, I'll admit. That went away when my dislike for some of the characters started surfacing. There was one section where I threw my Kindle out of annoyance at the stupidity of the character. Don't worry, my Kindle was thrown onto a soft surface. I was very happy with how the book wrapped up. This was a quick spooky read with that ended exactly how I hoped it would have.

A very spooky tale that had you reading it as quickly as possible to find out the outcomes. Recommended for those who enjoy this genre.

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Actual rating of 3.5 stars.

In 1988 at Camp High Tide, a young boy is bullied and tormented, when he finds an opening to get this group of kids to finally leave him alone, he takes it. Unfortunately this leads to his untimely death, the kids pretend that nothing ever happened, and the death is covered up. No one knows what happened to Timothy Waters, and the camp is shut down following parent's fears of sending their children to a camp where another child has disappeared without a trace. Fast forward 30 years to 2018 and the camp's old owner is found dead next to the lake where Timothy drowned, Detective Daniel Nash is given the case and finds a connection to the missing boy from 30 years previous. Deciding to call each of the children who were responsible for bullying the missing child, he unknowingly seals their fate, as Timmy has come back for revenge and he won't stop until he gets it.

A short story that centres around revenge driven ghosts and punishing past misdeeds grabbed my attention straight away. I won't lie, it was very cliche in parts as well as drawing from a lot of different horror tropes, but that's okay, because the story worked very well. I guess you could say this is your stereotypical ghost story at a summer camp, well, part of it is at a summer camp anyway.

I enjoyed the characters of Detective Daniel Nash, and Detective Simmons, for such a short story, you really got a feel for the characters which can be difficult in a novella, Fisher pulls it off, I applaud him for this. We get a brief insight to the kids in the 80s, and what can I say, they were your stereotypical bully clique, we got to know them a little bit but not overly much, as they weren't the sole focus of the story I believe.

This story does give us a look at bullying, and how difficult it can be for people who don't feel that they are strong enough to fight back or get free from under the bullies themselves. Timothy was a weak child, he was sickly and even said at one point to the camp owner, that he was too weak to fight back. It also shows us how things may have been for those being bullied in the 80s, the owner instead of stepping in more, simply told Timmy to 'buck up' and that life was cruel, and he assumed that Timmy had committed suicide because he couldn't handle it anymore.

I couldn't hate the character of Timmy because he was mercilessly bullied and pushed to do something that terrified him and ultimately killed him, he deserved his revenge I believe. That's just my opinion though.

All in all, it was a super quick read, a ghost story that was wrapped up nicely. I wouldn't mind seeing more stories centring around Detective Nash, I feel like there could be a great supernatural series there, though I did find it a little bit unbelievable that Nash accepted the possibility of the killings having a supernatural nature, generally the logical detective types shy away from these kinds of explanations, but overall this didn't impact the story at all, just something that I personally thought was accepted maybe a little too easily. I'd still love to see Detective Nash and Co. in a supernatural type series of books. *hint hint Mr. Fisher!*

Kids can play the cruelest of games uncaring of the turmoil they caused, one such game ended up being fatal burgeoning the lies and cover-ups. Poor Timmy loved by none hated by all, but solemnly he made a promise and one by one he exact his vengeance from each. Darn a paranormal story with horrific outcomes, that was so intense and gripping you couldn’t help but continue reading to the end. Imagine the poor sucker who was to take care of the kids hid his death because he didn’t want to lose his camp. What a moron caused he lost it anyway with just the start of one little lie. A must read that is intriguing and interesting.

The book to me had a sad beginning but it was a very interesting thriller for me. I thought the sad beginning was a good attention grabber for me. It has a bit of a "Jason " vibe to me because of the summer camp in it. I was glad I got to read this book. It kept me wanting to see what would happen next. I enjoyed the creepy feel to the book. It was a quick good read. *This book was given to me for free at my request from NetGalley and I provided this voluntary review.*

A chilling camp story that will leave you unsettled. The detective is a strong and likeable character for me who made the story.