The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

Reviews for the book commented on the novel's twists, with some reviewers praising them while others did not.

In March 2023, it was reported that Netflix will adapt the novel into a feature film with Paul Feig set to direct for Berlanti-Schechter Films and Feigco Entertainment.

The book placed on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list for the week of July 10, 2022. An audiobook adaptation narrated by Bernadette Dunne was released simultaneously through Penguin Audio. The House Across the Lake was first published in the United States on Jthrough Dutton in hardback and ebook formats. What she doesn’t realize is that there’s more to the story than meets the eye-and that shocking secrets can lurk beneath the most placid of surfaces. When Katherine suddenly vanishes, Casey immediately suspects Tom of foul play. But the more they get to know each other-and the longer Casey watches-it becomes clear that Katherine and Tom’s marriage isn’t as perfect as it appears. One day on the lake, Casey saves Katherine from drowning, and the two strike up a budding friendship. They make for good viewing-a tech innovator, Tom is powerful and a former model, Katherine is gorgeous.

Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. Per the official book synopsis, the story is about: Ĭasey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. The House Across the Lake is a 2022 thriller novel by American author Todd Ritter, writing under the penname Riley Sager.

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager