Under the Lake

4.3 | 2,916 ratings

Price: 1.99

Last update: 06-12-2024

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From bestselling author Stuart Woods, a thriller featuring John Howell, a former investigative journalist trying to escape from his past who finds a perfect sanctuary in a lakeside home in the North Georgia Mountains. But little does he realize the small town harbors a dark and evil secret, hidden deep within the lake’s waters.

In the beautiful mountains of North Georgia lies a lake built by an obsessed man at a terrible price. This placid body of water has brought prosperity to an isolated community, and with it, two strangers who intermingle with the insular local folk, strangers probing into crimes against nature from generations past that cannot remain submerged beneath the waters' surface.

Under the Lake marks the eagerly awaited return to the South of his Edgar Award–winning novel Chiefs. John Howell, once a top investigative journalist, comes to this backcountry town on the run from a once promising personal and professional life that has somehow gone sour. What he finds is a mystery so deep, so complex, so bizarre, that he cannot concentrate on the book he has come here to write.

The story begins with his entanglement in a subtle, but relentless battle waged by the autocratic town father and the local sheriff against an outcast family, ravaged by its origins. Howell is further drawn in by his involvement with two women—an ambitious young reporter on the prowl for corruption, and a shy backwoods beauty, forsaken by the world because of her family's ill kept secret. Then, without warning, visits from an otherworldly young girl haunt Howell as his rustic cabin becomes a spectral theater offering strange and frightening images of a hideous event of long ago.

Sandra House

A very surprising book!! Nothing like any other books I’ve read from him!

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2024

I haven’t read ANY book by Stuart Woods like this one! It really captured my interest! I didn’t want to put it down! A fantastic book!

Amazon Customer

A good family backwoods story

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024

Stuart Woods did a good job with putting a twist on this story. The title tells everything but the plot is very realistic. Enjoy the tale

Cheryl B.

A Real Page Turner

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024

The story is very intriguing and sucks you in. The characters are interesting and "full bodied". The story is well written. I highly recommend Under The Lake.

Just some Guy

Entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2023

We’ll written held my interest. The paranormal part was different but not over the top. A nice ,good, quick read.

ab73dawg

Great Read

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024

Another great Stuart Woods novel. The story line keeps you going throughout the entire book right up to the surprising conclusion.

D. R. Adair

A Great Read

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2023

This book has wonderful characters and a haunting story that will resonate with you long after you finish this title.

Colorado Fan

Wonderful Read!

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024

I had only read the Spenser novels from Mr Woods. This book was an awesome change, so full of suspense and the human condition! I could not put it down!

Renee

Suspenseful Newsman Sleuthing

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2013

This book was a good read. I bought it because it was a Kindle Daily deal and because the title/description intrigued me. A suspenseful mystery, this tale was centered around an ex-reporter. The mystery kept me reading, but at times I felt as if the newsman-poking-around-small-town was a bit stretched thin. Some of the actions characters took seemed too spelled out, and some were completely unexplained or mildly unbelievable. However, given the intensity of the plot and the twists and turns, I overlooked these elements and I believe I finished the book in 3 days. Quite interestingly, Stephen King's Bag of Bones is almost the same story, but I felt as if King's was more my type of story for its more outright supernatural elements. The "haunting" in Woods' tale was very peripheral, so if you're more interested in stories of the living, give Under The Lake a shot. If you're expecting ghoulies and goblins though, keep looking.

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