Other People's Secrets

A Novel

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Pub Date Sep 06 2022 | Archive Date Jul 12 2022

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Description

Baby’s down—and could be out for good—when she faces off with forces bent on turning her lakeside paradise into a living hell, for fans of Alissa Nutting and Amy Engel.


Baby’s heart is in the right place, but she’s got problems—namely, a fierce taste for booze and an on-again, off-again boyfriend who can't commit. She’s living and working at Oakwood Hills, a crumbling lakeside resort, with her friends, Crystal Nugget and DJ Overalls, reeling since her adoptive mother died of a stroke. And now, the return of the local drug kingpin, Bad Mike, is about to throw her already unstable summer into full-blown chaos.
 
To make matters worse, the owner of Oakwood Hills announces plans to sell the resort to Amelia, her boyfriend's wealthy twin sister, who plans to renovate it, sucking the life out of the only home Baby's ever known. Desperate to thwart the sale, Baby and her friends decide to try to recover a sunken treasure rumored to be sitting at the bottom of the lake. But Bad Mike also has his eyes on the prize and when the search gets criminal, Baby will be forced to walk down a road full of hidden secrets that will change how she sees herself—and her life—forever.
Baby’s down—and could be out for good—when she faces off with forces bent on turning her lakeside paradise into a living hell, for fans of Alissa Nutting and Amy Engel.


Baby’s heart is in the right...

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Baby is a hero for our times! She sharp and funny, but she is a grimy mess of chaos and desperation, just as goodhearted as she is capable of launching beer bottles through the air or ending the night with a bloody fight—or worse. The narrative, which is full of pageturning mysteries and adventures, follows her and her crew of friends as they fight for their lives and each other. We get to know the people in Baby's life, past and present, as they prop each other up, flail against the class and drug wars that plague such small seasonal towns, and invariably let Baby lead them into shenanigans and dangers. They love her, but it's hard for her to let that in because she sees herself as Dumpster Baby, and she is an affecting, relatable character because of it. The writing is tight, propelled with hilarious dialogue and an ending that nails the mysteries fabulously. Highly recommend this beer-soaked, algae-blooming romp through Baby's mucky slide towards home.

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