Lie In Wait

By Eric Rickstad

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes another unforgettable thriller set in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, featuring Detective Sonja Test

Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the peace of the present.

In the remote pastoral hamlet of Canaan, Vermont, a high-profile legal case shatters the town’s sense of peace and community. Anger simmers. Fear and prejudice awaken. Old friends turn on each other. Violence threatens.

So when a young teenage girl is savagely murdered while babysitting at the house of the lead attorney in the case, Detective Sonja Test believes the girl’s murder and the divisive case must be linked.

However, as the young detective digs deeper into her first murder case, she discovers sordid acts hidden for decades, and learns that behind the town’s idyllic façade of pristine snow lurks a capacity in some for great darkness and the betrayal of innocents. And Sonja Test, a mother of two, will do anything to protect the innocent.

“Gripping, topical, and wrenching—everything you want in a top-flight mystery.”—Meg Gardiner, Edgar® Award-winning Author 

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Sep 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9780062424761

Eric Rickstad

Eric Rickstad is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of The Silent Girls, Lie in Wait, and Reap, novels heralded as intelligent and profound, dark, disturbing, and heartbreaking. He lives in his home state of Vermont with his wife, daughter, and son.

Reviews for Lie In Wait

[kbranfield-837433 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

4.5 stars. Excellent mystery!

[Diane Berry · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another excellent book from Eric Rickstad. Full of intrigue and mystery. An overall good read as usual from this author.

[linda6frear · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I'd expect better editing from a book published by Harper Collins (Witness Impulse is part of Harper Collins), but it was like the editor was sleeping. In a four page section, Victor sees Jon enter his office at 4:42pm, talks to the secretary about seeing Jon, who says that Jon is fully booked that morning. Bursts into Jon's office where Jon tells the secretary to take the rest of the morning off as it is almost time to leave, then watches as the sun starts to set. Okay, wow.

Then there is the dropping of words (perhaps for writer's voice), but instead just made sentences incomprehensible. And the misuse of big words. I'm okay with big words, but please make sure you use the right big words (culminating really doesn't mean the same thing as accumulating).

But more than that, Test really should have been named Testy, because she acted like an immature brat more often than a detective. North couldn't give her the time of day and discounted her "intuition"--or she thought he did, therefore he did. Neither North nor Test(y) ever once looked for a murder weapon. Never sifted through mounds of evidence to see whether it added up. Only really worked together once on the whole case (granted not the same department, but still). North felt cardboard and unreal, and Test(y) not much better. Also, the motive? Are you kidding me. What a letdown.

[Ronald j stanard · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good read. Good style.a Complicated plot along with Good characters
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[Tori Gifford · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I LOVED Silent Girls and when I finished reading it I couldn't wait for the next book by Eric Rickstad to find out what happens next so was so excited to see this book released and that it was a Sonja Test story but it does not pick up where Silent Girls left off, in fact Frank Rath isn't even mentioned in it. That was the only disappointment with this book. I devoured it in a day and a half and again was left wanting more. Definitely worth the credit and I will look out for more of his books.