
The Lake of Lost Girls
A Novel
CROOKED LANE BOOKS · Print & ebook · November 11, 2025
A 2024 November LibraryReads Pick Told in alternating timelines, The Lake of Lost Girls is a haunting novel that will thrill fans of All Good People Here and We Are All the Same in the Dark.
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- Who it’s for
- Fans of suspenseful thrillers with alternating timelines
- Themes
- suspense, true crime, sisterhood
- Pacing
- Mixed
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A 2024 November LibraryReads Pick Told in alternating timelines, The Lake of Lost Girls is a haunting novel that will thrill fans of All Good People Here and We Are All the Same in the Dark. Using suspenseful podcast clips to weave a twisty tale of a missing student and her sister who is desperate for answers, The Lake of Lost Girls is perfect for fans of I Have Some Questions for You.
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It’s 1998, and female students are going missing at Southern State University in North Carolina, but freshman Jessica Fadley, once a bright and responsible student, is going through her own struggles. Just as her life seems to be careening dangerously out of control, she suddenly disappears. Twenty-four years later, Jessica’s sister Lindsey is desperately searching for answers and uses the momentum of a new chart-topping true crime podcast that focuses on cold cases to guide her own investigation. Soon, interest reaches a fever pitch when the bodies of the long-missing women begin turning up at a local lake, which leads Lindsey down a disturbing road of discovery. In the present, one sister searches to untangle a complicated web of lies. In the past, the other descends ever deeper into a darkness that will lead to her ultimate fate. This propulsive and chilling suspense is a sharp examination of sisterhood and the culture of true crime.
Who it’s for
- Fans of suspenseful thrillers with alternating timelines
- Readers interested in true crime and sisterhood themes
Where it sits
| Crime Fiction | 34% |
|---|---|
| Sibling Stories | 34% |
| Multiple-Timeline Fiction | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Suspense
- Sibling Stories
- Multiple-Timeline Fiction
- Authors
- Katherine Greene
- Publisher
- CROOKED LANE BOOKS
- Published
- November 11, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- suspense · true crime · sisterhood
- Reading lane
- Suspense