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Every Lake

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Scary stories are fun... until your life becomes one. When Alice was fifteen, her father killed Mia Heywood in their lakefront cottage before vanishing into the trees. At least that's what the locals think happened. Over a decade later, Alice has lost her job as a... Read More
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With a darkly funny heroine, Every Lake is a gripping thriller about small town lies - where everyone is a suspect, right until the end...

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Scary stories are fun... until your life becomes one.

When Alice was fifteen, her father killed Mia Heywood in their lakefront cottage before vanishing into the trees. At least that's what the locals think happened.

Over a decade later, Alice has lost her job as a journalist, she's going through an expensive divorce and she desperately needs to sell the boarded-up 'murder house.'

But before she can do that, she has to find out what really happened.

However, Tall Pines still has its secretsโ€”the postcard-perfect Otago landscape hides a deep divide between the residents and the rich holiday homeowners. She learns that more than one crime is being covered up and alibis are veil thin.

One dead girl is a tragedy, a second cannot be a coincidence.

There are rumours her father still lives hidden in the trees that surround the lake, and the closer she gets to the truth the more deadly the situation becomes.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781991142719

Publisher: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 July 2026

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: A&U New Zealand

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Adam Perry lives with his family in ลŒtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. He has a Bachelor of Broadcasting Communications and has worked in advertising as a Creative Director. He's lived in the UK, Australia and the Cook Islands. Every Lake is his debut novel.

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