This week we’re looking at an intriguing story of small town optics and murder. This week we’re looking at Stranger in the Lake by Kimberly Belle.
Having grown up on the wrong side of the tracks in a small Southern town on the shores of a big lake, this book had me hooked from the moment I heard about it. And now having read it, I can tell you that Belle has done an amazing job of crafting a story that shows very well how that life and that culture can be. I can’t really speak too much without going into spoiler territory on some front or another, so let me offer a few generalities:
In this book, you will find a fervent church goer that is fully committed to the idea of Jesus solving all problems.You will find a woman who lives a life of luxury but knows what it is like to have nothing. You will find a rich man who tries to ignore his demons with work. You will find a rich man who can’t ignore his demons and loses everything. You will find a powerful man intent on ever more power. You will find a powerful man trying to project an image of success. You will find a mother willing to do whatever it takes to keep her child safe. And, in all likelihood, you will find yourself somewhere in the middle of it all.
Belle manages to expose human nature through the eyes of all-too-familiar old school small town Southern culture, and does an amazingly good job of it. Very much recommended.
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