Joan Sauers
Echo Lake
Echo Lake
A Rose McHugh Mystery #1
Paperback
In the sleepy, scenic Southern Highlands of New South Wales, a beautiful young woman goes missing.
Six years later, recently divorced historian Rose McHugh leaves the city to start a new life in the Highlands and finds a roll of film buried in her back garden. On it are photos of the missing woman.
Against the advice of an enigmatic detective, she uses her powers of persuasion and her knack for deciphering clues to pursue the case. As Rose searches through tangled secrets and hidden places haunted by the past, she realises there is a killer at large.
As she makes new friends, and dangerous enemies, Rose closes in on a suspect-but will she solve the mystery too late to save herself?
Set in the atmospheric villages and forests of the Southern Highlands, Echo Lake is a compulsive read that will keep you guessing until the very end.
Published: April 2025
Number of pages: 400
ISBN: 9781761472305
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As a woman, as a history lover, as someone who dreams of swapping the city for a quieter life, as a devoted dog owner, and as someone who can't resist a well-plotted murder mystery... Echo Lake by Joan Sauers was an absolute winner.
I devoured it in a single day, then immediately ordered the next two books in the series. That's about the highest compliment I can give.
It has everything I love: an atmospheric small-town setting, fascinating historical threads, a wonderfully compelling mystery, and characters I wanted to spend more time with. It made me want to pack up, find a cottage by a lake with my dog, and solve murders between cups of tea.
My only complaint? The first book is a standard paperback, while books two and three arrived as glorious large-format paperbacks (my favourite kind). My bookshelf aesthetic is now completely out of balance.
Anyhow, I'll happily ponder that very serious problem while I wait for the inevitable screen adaptation.
Five stars. Read it.