Midnight in Soap Lake, Matthew Sullivan
Midnight in Soap Lake, Matthew Sullivan
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Midnight in Soap Lake
A Novel

Author: Matthew Sullivan

Narrator: Kristen Sieh

Unabridged: 11 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/15/2025


Synopsis

A lake with mysterious properties. A town haunted by urban legend. Two women whose lives intersect in terrifying ways. Welcome to Soap Lake.

When Abigail agreed to move to Soap Lake, Washington, for her husband’s research, she expected old-growth forests and craft beer, folksy neighbors and the world’s largest lava lamp. Instead, after her husband jets off to Poland for a research trip, she finds herself alone, in a town haunted by its own urban legends.

When a young boy runs through the desert into Abigail’s arms, her life becomes entwined with his and the questions surrounding the death of his mother, Esme. In Abigail’s search for answers, she enlists the help of a quirky cast of friends to unearth Esme’s tragic past, the town’s violent history and the secret magic locked in the lake her husband was sent there to study. But as she gets closer to the truth, her own life may be in danger, too.

A sweeping, decade-spanning mystery brimming with quirky characters and puzzle-hunt scenarios, Midnight in Soap Lake is a rich, expansive universe that readers will enter and never forget.

About Matthew Sullivan

Matthew Sullivan is the beloved author of Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, an Indie Next Pick, B&N Discover pick, a GoodReads Choice Award finalist and winner of the Colorado Book Award. He received his MFA from the University of Idaho and has been a resident writer at Yaddo, Centrum, and the Vermont Studio Center. His short stories have been awarded the Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize and the Florida Review Editors’ Award for Fiction. His writing has been featured in the New York Times Modern Love column, The Daily Beast, and Shelf Awareness amongst others.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Holden on March 31, 2025

Matthew Sullivan is so underrated and I have no idea why and every time I read something by him, I leave baffled by his lack of following! This man should be known as one of the best thriller writers around, what gives?? Sullivan is constantly pushing boundaries in the genre by expertly weaving genre......more

Goodreads review by Deanna on May 14, 2024

Well the beginning already had me VERY intrigued. WTF is going to happen. I was thinking monsters, aliens, ghosts, the people from the hills have eyes. The possibilities were endless at this point. That was chapter 1. As I moseyed into the next few chapters that just intensified… Another book that w......more

Goodreads review by Kim on February 27, 2025

Well color me impressed! This book is captivating, well written, and full of interest featuring a small town with big secrets. Do you ever choose a book out of curiosity and don’t expect much of it? That was this book for me. I chose this book because the setting is Soap Lake, about a 2 hour drive w......more

Goodreads review by Christine on April 13, 2025

The description of this book compares the setting to Twin Peaks or to Stephen King's Castle Rock. I think the Twin Peaks comparison is especially accurate. The story in this unique book unfolds through a dual timeline and alternates points-of-view between two young women living in the small town of......more

Goodreads review by Mary on December 07, 2024

Don’t pick up “Midnight in Soap Lake” a new thriller by Matthew Sullivan unless you have time to be immediately and completely captivated. I was just going to read the first short chapter before bed and…not possible. Newlywed Abigail has found herself alone in desolate Soap Lake, Washington (a real t......more