Every Lake
Adam Perry
Jul 2026 · Allen & Unwin
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Scary stories are fun ... until your life becomes one.
"An entertaining debut thriller... Perry has a knack for a particular brand of dark comedy [and] displays surety of tone and control of the genre, often accompanied by a knowing wink to the reader. Every Lake is quite the page turner." The New Zealand Listener
When Alice was fifteen, her father killed Mia Heywood in their lakefront cottage before vanishing into the trees.
At least that's what the locals think happened.
More than a decade later, Alice has lost her job as a journalist, she's going through an expensive divorce and she desperately needs to sell the boarded-up 'murder house'.
But before she can do that, she has to find out what really happened.
Tall Pines still has its secrets — the postcard-perfect Otago landscape hides a deep divide between the residents and the rich holiday homeowners. She learns that more than one crime is being covered up and alibis are veil-thin.
One dead girl is a tragedy, a second cannot be a coincidence.
There are rumours that Alice's father still lives hidden in the trees surrounding the lake, and the closer she gets to the truth the more deadly the situation becomes.
With a darkly funny heroine, Every Lake is a gripping thriller about small town lies — where everyone is a suspect, right until the end ...
"An entertaining debut thriller... Perry has a knack for a particular brand of dark comedy [and] displays surety of tone and control of the genre, often accompanied by a knowing wink to the reader. Every Lake is quite the page turner." The New Zealand Listener
When Alice was fifteen, her father killed Mia Heywood in their lakefront cottage before vanishing into the trees.
At least that's what the locals think happened.
More than a decade later, Alice has lost her job as a journalist, she's going through an expensive divorce and she desperately needs to sell the boarded-up 'murder house'.
But before she can do that, she has to find out what really happened.
Tall Pines still has its secrets — the postcard-perfect Otago landscape hides a deep divide between the residents and the rich holiday homeowners. She learns that more than one crime is being covered up and alibis are veil-thin.
One dead girl is a tragedy, a second cannot be a coincidence.
There are rumours that Alice's father still lives hidden in the trees surrounding the lake, and the closer she gets to the truth the more deadly the situation becomes.
With a darkly funny heroine, Every Lake is a gripping thriller about small town lies — where everyone is a suspect, right until the end ...
Scary stories are fun ... until your life becomes one.
"An entertaining debut thriller... Perry has a knack for a particular brand of dark comedy [and] displays surety of tone and control of the genre, often accompanied by a knowing wink to the reader. Every Lake is quite the page turner." The N...
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About the author
Adam Perry lives with his family in ?tautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. He has a Bachelor of Broadcasting Communications and has worked in radio advertising as a Creative Director. He's lived in the UK, Australia and the Cook Islands. Every Lake is his debut novel.
Adam Perry lives with his family in ?tautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. He has a Bachelor of Broadcasting Communications and has worked in radio advertising as a Creative Director. He's lived in the UK, Australia and the Cook Islands. Every Lake is his debut novel.
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