Wow, no note that I've read this novel - yet it was highly memorable. The hot policeman and the hot horror novelist in a thriller where the novelist finds a dead body on a walk near his remote mountain cabin where he's gone to finish his latest novel. This was quite un-put-downable, and only partially due to the murder mystery.

RJ Scott, who I've never heard of, created such a powerful pull between these two guys who were not remotely looking for it, expecting it, wanting it. The reader is caught in the middle of forces of darkness - the murder - and the forces of sexual attraction fuelled by loneliness? alienation? separateness?

It's a good novel. I might have given it 4.5 stars if it hadn't had the murder, which is not the strongest part of the work. ( )

Well, darn... I didn't realize this was a cliff-hanger. ( )

I really liked Chris and Sawyer. They were two sensible guys that took their time getting to know one another. They became friends before they even thought about being anything else. Chris is a horror writer who has a bad case of writer's block. His bestselling series needs the next book, but Chris just can't come up with the words. Thinking he can help Chris his agent buys a creepy cabin near the reservoir. Now we come to Sawyer. He is recently back in Lancaster Falls after leaving the Chicago Police force. The last case he worked in Chicago nearly ended in tragedy for Sawyer, nearly ending his life, and decidedly tragedy for the kid that was found dead. Enough is enough... he has to get out of the city before he loses a part of himself. The book also revolves around a good mystery when a skull and bones are found in the reservoir, which leads to a lot of questions that still have no ready answers, especially if those bones could belong to Casey McGuire who disappeared 10 or so years ago. Casey was Sawyer’s best friend, and he wants answers. During the course of the investigation Sawyer and Chris grow closer and as Chris starts his research concerning Casey and other all the other unsolved mysteries, he slowly finds the words he was searching for to start his next book. This was a well thought out mystery. It's also the first book of a trilogy so be prepared for the mystery to not be solved in this book. The author is very clear about this being a trilogy. I'm in for that...as I have books 2 & 3. ( )

I think this might be the best RJ Scott book I've read in ages (and since I enjoy all her work that is high praise indeed). It's creepy with suspense and an age old mystery. The romance takes a back seat to the mystery for most of the book but it doesn't suffer for it. I believed in these guys and what they've built. I felt Chris' frustration (I've not written a new word in 6 months!) and understood the worlds in his head and how they encroched on the real world. Excellent setting (the lake was haunting) and a great cast of secondary characters.
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I think this might be the best RJ Scott book I've read in ages (and since I enjoy all her work that is high praise indeed). It's creepy with suspense and an age old mystery. The romance takes a back seat to the mystery for most of the book but it doesn't suffer for it. I believed in these guys and what they've built. I felt Chris' frustration (I've not written a new word in 6 months!) and understood the worlds in his head and how they encroched on the real world. Excellent setting (the lake was haunting) and a great cast of secondary characters.
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