Serena Yates's Reviews > What Lies Beneath

Small towns have a charm all their own, and while this story is full of the wonderful side of Lancaster Falls, Pennsylvania, its quirky inhabitants, and their shared history, it also exposes the drawbacks of everyone being in everyone else’s business. The setup is pretty clear. First, you have “the hottest summer on record” - something I can certainly relate to with climate change causing every summer to be hotter than the one before. Second, there is a stranger in town who lives in a remote cabin and nobody quite knows what to make of him. Third, there are several secrets, some of them very dark and tragic, that get suddenly revealed and cause upheaval all over town. And finally, there is a cop in the tiny police department who not only has recently returned from a stint in Chicago, but also has an insatiable curiosity and a drive to solve every single case he can get his hands on – including police corruption. With ingredients like this added to RJ Scott’s ability to weave an emotional tale, “What Lies Beneath” turned out to be one of the most suspenseful yet entertaining mysteries I have read in a while.


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