This was a wonderful book - however, if you are looking for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or a Jo Nesbo or any other mystery with a dark, nasty serial killer, you won't like this because it is fairly bloodless, and is mostly a mental thriller. If you LOVE books (old books) this book will be of interest to you. It goes in a blink, so I would think it is the perfect "lake" book - it can be read in a day - it is very enjoyable.