China Lake

Name: China Lake
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Meg Gardiner
ISBN: 9798897569731

Author: Meg Gardiner

Series: Evan Delaney

Narrator: Tanya Eby Sirois

Unabridged: 11 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/22/2025

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Private Investigators, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

Edgar Award Winner From award-winning author Meg Gardiner, co-author of Michael Mann’s Heat 2 Evan Delaney learns that not only has her ex-sister-in-law joined a religious cult, but the unstable young mother plans to regain custody of her son and disappear with him into the fold of the fanatical group. But when murder raises the stakes, Evan is dragged even deeper into the nightmare.

About Meg Gardiner

Meg Gardiner is the author of sixteen acclaimed, award-winning novels. Her thrillers have been bestsellers in the U.S. and internationally and have been translated into more than twenty languages. China Lake won an Edgar Award and UNSUB, the first in Gardinerâ€™s acclaimed UNSUB series, won a Barry Award. Her third UNSUB novel, The Dark Corners of the Night, has been bought by Amazon Studios for development as a television series. A former lawyer, three-time Jeopardy! champion, and two-time president of Mystery Writers of America, Gardiner lives in Austin, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miriam on June 26, 2016

This is my favourite Meg Gardiner book, really enjoyed it from start to finish and would recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Anne (Booklady) on February 05, 2015

Meg Gardiner knows how to write suspense! She tells a damn good story from mostly Evan Delaney's perspective in the first person and seamlessly transitions to the third person to further the storyline then right back to Evan POV. This technique adds to the urgency of Luke and her predicament which i......more

Goodreads review by Jen on June 30, 2013

I read China Lake in a day, then proceeded to burn through the remaining four books in the Evan Delaney series in a couple of weeks. I haven't enjoyed a series as much since Dennis Lehane's Kenzie/Gennaro novels, and have already committed to reading pretty much anything Gardiner puts out there. Tho......more

Goodreads review by Debra on March 02, 2011

STEPHEN KING’S RECOMMENDATION SENDS UNKNOWN AUTHOR TO NO.1 ON BESTSELLER LIST ABEBOOKS Press Release: (Victoria, BC – 21 February 2007) Meg Gardiner, a little known crime writer based in the UK, has shot to No.1 on AbeBooks.com’s bestseller list after being recommended by Stephen King - even though he......more

Goodreads review by Bill on October 06, 2016

China Lake by Meg Gardiner, the first book in the Evan Delaney series was definitely a thriller. Right from the get-go, the action started and it didn't let up until a fiery, explosive ending. Evan Delaney is a lawyer in Santa Barbara, California. At a funeral for the mother of a dear friend, the fu......more