In the house by the woods

When long-hidden secrets about his past come to light, John Wade - a Vietnam veteran and recent candidate for the U.S.

Senate - retreats with his wife, Kathy, to a lakeside cabin in northern Minnesota.

Within days of their arrival, Kathy mysteriously vanishes into the watery wilderness.

As a search is begun, several explanations, all of them disturbing, rise to the surface in this unforgettable story about the vagaries of memory, love, and deception. "A memorable mystery story charged with haunting ambiguity...If any American novelist is creating more beautifully written, emotionally harrowing tales than Tim O'Brien, I don't know who it could be." ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "Serious, gracefully written, and at the same time, as gripping as a thriller." WALL STREET JOURNAL "Not only brilliant but riveting...In The Lake Of The Woods is not only a book you don't turn away from, it's a book you can't put down.

It comes not just as a literary event but almost a literary miracle." SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS