Synopsis: (Amazon link)
Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin into the darkness. The last she–or anyone–saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips.
Now a rising star in the New York art scene, Emma turns her past into paintings–massive canvases filled with dark leaves and gnarled branches that cover ghostly shapes in white dresses. When the paintings catch the attention of Francesca Harris-White, the wealthy owner of Camp Nightingale, she implores Emma to return to the newly reopened camp as a painting instructor. Seeing an opportunity to find out what really happened to her friends all those years ago, Emma agrees.
Familiar faces, unchanged cabins, and the same dark lake haunt Nightingale, even though the camp is opening its doors for the first time since the disappearances. Emma is even assigned to the same cabin she slept in as a teenager, but soon discovers a security camera–the only one on the property–pointed directly at its door. Then cryptic clues that Vivian left behind about the camp’s twisted origins begin surfacing. As she digs deeper, Emma finds herself sorting through lies from the past while facing mysterious threats in the present. And the closer she gets to the truth about Camp Nightingale and what really happened to those girls, the more she realizes that closure could come at a deadly price.
Riley Sager is one of my “go-to” writers! In other words, if I want to read a good page-turner, you can never fail with his books. This is another great one!!!! In all honesty, I could not figure this one out. Every time I thought I knew what happened, a twist happens that debunks your theory. Literally, it isn’t until the very end until you know. Like, seriously…the last page.
I love how there is another book mentioned that somewhat overlaps with this plot. I am not going to mention that book (which is also a movie). Although I had not read this book, I had seen the movie. I am not sure, though, if the mention of this book is to throw you off course with figuring out the plot! Pretty clever…
If you have never read any Riley Sager books (click for link), I strongly recommend if you like mysteries/suspense. With the Arctic front moving in and cold weather upon us, grab a book (or several) and start reading!
