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2000s: When you step on thin ice, you’d better be aware….and that’s no lie..
Ice Lake
What you need to know before your trail
Deep in the woods of Northeastern Pennsylvania, in the town of Ice Lake, a man’s body is found. And this man is one everyone knows.
Psychologist Harry Cull arrives to help with the murder investigation. There he unravels a web of lies and deceit that leads to the dark heart of a community torn apart by fracking, drugs and murder.
However, tt’s not long before the second corpse turns up, this time a lawyer. Significant people with significant jobs – and a town that wants them all silenced.
Travel Guide
Pocono Township
The people who live around Pocono Township have an expression, a coda they will add to the end of a declarative sentence or when they hare replying to one. They will say: “And that’s no lie” For instance , residents living around Ice Lake Pensylvania or just – the lake – as the locals call it, will tell you that the lake is beautiful and that’s no lie. They will tell you that people are here are simple and pleasant and that too would be no lie. They will also say that folks around here are honest – but if that were entirely true then one has to wonder: why do they so often mention that they’re not lying?
Maybe it’s becuase around Lake Ice Lake, there are just too many secrets”
Booktrailer Review
First in a series and this sets a very interesting scene!
Ice Lake: A small town with a very icy atmosphere, icy personalities and some shocking secrets. The action moves along via dialogue, bits here and there like you’re at the heart of the conversations whether that be about a suspect or a strip club. Bawdy humour and a don’t care attitude are what most people seem to have here.
Cirba and Cull have a good thing going and the relationship between them was a highlight for me. Cull has a great big backstory which just lingers in the background so much that this just has to come out in future books as it needs to be explored.
There are two sides to this book I think – a small town mystery with a novel with a social conscience and one filled with real information on the oil and gas industry and the reality of fracking. Both stories do come together but didn’t always fit comfortably for me and sometimes felt disjointed. Having said that, there’s some great characters in this book and I can’t wait to meet them again.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Ice Lake
Author/Guide: John A Lenahan Destination: Pocono Township, Pennsylvania Departure Time:2000s
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