title: Cemetery Lake: A Thriller (Christchurch Noir Crime Series)
author:  Paul Cleave 
description: Two of New Zealander Cleaves Theodore Tate novels (Collecting Cooper, 2011; The Laughterhouse, 2012) have already been published, out of sequence, in the U.S. This volume, which appeared in New Zealand in 2008, is the series opener. Tate, former cop and now private investigator, is asked to oversee an exhumation, and what seems to be a simple job turns into a head scratcher. A lake in the cemetery reveals bodies, and the coffin hes asked to unearth contains the body of a young girl, not the man who is supposed to be in it. Tates former colleagues want him to stay out of the way, but he cant let it go and decides to pursue justice at any cost. Tate is hardly the first dark, brooding detective with a tragic past in crime fiction, but he brings a fresh twist to the familiar type, as does the setting of Christchurch, New Zealand, which Cleave evokes with masterful precision. Cleave fans will enjoy the backstory this tale provides, and newcomers will be happy for the chance to start at the beginning. --Jeff Ayers
zlib_text: PRAISE FOR _STILLHOUSE LAKE_
  
  
  “In this rapid-fire thriller . . . Caine spins a powerful story of maternal
  love and individual self-realization.”
  
  
  — _Publishers Weekly_
  
  
  “Amazing.”
  
  
  — _Night Owl Reviews_ (Top Pick)
  
  
  “A chilling thriller . . . _Stillhouse Lake_ is a great summer read.”
  
  
  — _Criminal Element_
  
  
  “ _Stillhouse Lake_ is a true nail-biter right up to the end.”
  
  
  — _Fresh Fiction_
  
  
  “Highly entertaining and super intense!”
  
  
  — _Novel Gossip_
  
  
  “What a fantastic book!”
  
  
  — _Seattle Book Review_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  OTHER TITLES BY RACHEL CAINE
  
  
  Stillhouse Lake Series
  
  
  _Killman Creek_
  
  
  _Stillhouse Lake_
  
  
  The Great Library
  
  
  _Paper and Fire_
  
  
  _Ink and Bone_
  
  
  _Ash and Quill_
  
  
  _Smoke and Iron_
  
  
  Weather Warden
  
  
  _Ill Wind_
  
  
  _Heat Stroke_
  
  
  _Chill Factor_
  
  
  _Windfall_
  
  
  _Firestorm_
  
  
  _Thin Air_
  
  
  _Gale Force_
  
  
  _Cape Storm_
  
  
  _Total Eclipse_
  
  
  Outcast Season
  
  
  _Undone_
  
  
  _Unknown_
  
  
  _Unseen_
  
  
  _Unbroken_
  
  
  Revivalist
  
  
  _Working Stiff_
  
  
  _Two Weeks’ 