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Book Review of Lake of Sorrows

Lake of Sorrows
Lake of Sorrows
Author: Erin Hart
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
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Hidden relics, submerged secrets, buried evidence...Lake of Sorrows. American pathologist Nora Gavin has come to the Irish midlands to examine a body unearthed by peat workers at a desolate spot known as the Lake of Sorrows. As with all the artifacts culled from its prehistoric depths, the bog has effectively preserved the dead man's remains, and his multiple wounds suggest he was the victim of the ancient pagan sacrifice known as the triple death. But signs of a more recent slaying emerge when a second body, bearing a similar would pattern, is found - this one sporting a wristwatch. Someone has come to this quagmire to sink their dreadful handiwork - and Nora soon realizes that she is being pulled deeper into the land and all it holds: the secrets to a cache of missing gold, a tumultuous love affair with archeologist Cormac Maguire, the dark mysteries and desires of the workers at the site, and a determined killer fixated on the gruesome notion of triple death.