The Lake Escape, Jamie Day
The Lake Escape, Jamie Day
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The Lake Escape
A Novel

Author: Jamie Day

Narrator: Lisa Larsen, Phoebe Strole

Unabridged: 12 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2025


Synopsis

The next riveting summer suspense by the author of THE BLOCK PARTY and ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY, Jamie Day. This program features light sound design.

WILL THIS BE THE BEST WEEK OF THEIR LIVES... OR THE LAST?

JULIA, DAVID, AND ERIKA grew up together spending summers at their idyllic Vermont lake homes for as long as they can remember. Now adults— with their own sullen teens, endless mortgages, and low-voltage sex lives— the three friends have amassed secrets over the years.

This summer, David is eager to show off his newly renovated home—which now blocks his friends’ cherished lake views—and his much-younger girlfriend. He also, unwittingly, brings a nanny with a hidden agenda. What could possibly go wrong?

When David’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes after a shouting match, Julia and Erika wonder just how well they know their lifelong friend. The lake harbors a harrowing past: two young women, with no known connection, vanished without a trace thirty years ago. Did the lake take another?

As a search is mounted, an intricate web of lies, deceits, and betrayals spanning generations starts to surface, and everyone finds themselves in danger of becoming the next victim. Of the lake, or something darker.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

About Jamie Day

Jamie Day lives in one of those picture-perfect, coastal New England towns you see in the movies. And just like the movies, Jamie has two children and an adorable dog to fawn over. When not writing or reading, Jamie enjoys yoga, the ocean, cooking, and long walks on the beach with the dog, or the kids, or sometimes both.

About Phoebe Strole

Phoebe Strole has worked in film and television, starring in Sorority Wars and Hamlet 2, and appearing in shows like Rescue Me, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 30 Rock, and Glee. She was nominated for a Grammy award in 2008 for Best Musical Show Album for her work in Spring Awakening.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on July 15, 2025

Jamie Day’s The Lake Escape is a captivating summer thriller that masterfully blends nostalgia, suspense, and a touch of the sinister. Set against the backdrop of a serene Vermont lake with a haunting past, the story follows Julia, Erika, and David—longtime friends who return to their lakeside homes......more

Goodreads review by JanB on May 07, 2025

Julia, David, and Erika, grew up spending their summers at their lake homes in Vermont. Now adults, they continue the tradition at the lake that harbors secrets. Two young women vanished without a trace thirty years ago. The cases remain unsolved. Currently, there’s tension among the friends when Dav......more

Goodreads review by Debra on May 17, 2025

A week at a lake sounds like bliss! The water, the sun, old friends, and cookouts makes for an enjoyable vacation. Unfortunately for Julia, David, and Erika, old friends who spent their summers at their family's idyllic Vermont lake homes, this week will become a nightmare! Instantly gripping and at......more

Goodreads review by James on July 02, 2025

Having read two of Jamie Day's earlier books, I was keen to read The Lake Escape, a summer 2025 release. Perfect timing for the season, the book promised all the right moments to make a stellar suspense novel. A lake where women disappeared, seemingly a pattern every few decades. Families who grew u......more

Goodreads review by Brandi Johnson on May 15, 2025

Ooh what a perfect summer thriller! Julia, David and Erika have spent their summers at Lake Timmeny for their whole lives. A lake where secrets and drama isn't a stranger. The lake is also the place where two young women disappeared without a trace exactly 30 years apart, staying open and unsolved ca......more


Quotes

"The revelations pile up, and by the end, the reader will be surprised and a bit overwhelmed, which is a good thing. Day perfectly delivers the awkwardness and obligation of family reunions while spotlighting the comfortability and love that makes it all worthwhile." —Jeff Ayers, First Clue

"Jamie Day exemplifies how few settings are as ripe for tension as a secluded lakeside retreat. The Lake Escape lures you in with its promise of an idyllic getaway, only to unravel into a labyrinth of betrayals, hidden motives, and chilling revelations. Day’s pacing is razor-sharp, delivering twists that feel both shocking and inevitable—a balance that only the best thriller writers achieve. It’s the kind of novel that keeps you up late, the stillness of the night suddenly feeling a little less serene." —CamilleStyles.com

Praise for Jamie Day:
“A MASTER STORYTELLER with wit and style.” —WILLIAM LANDAY, bestselling author of Defending Jacob

“Jamie Day is ONE TO WATCH!” —SALLY HEPWORTH, New York Times bestselling author

“Jamie Day has a bone-deep knowledge of what MAKES US TICK, what binds us together, and what tears us apart.” —LISA UNGER, New York Times bestselling author of Last Girl Ghosted