Book description
Jane Hudson never thought she would return to Heart Lake. Her years there as a scholarship girl ended in a fatal and mysterious double tragedy.
Now she is back, struggling to adjust to her new life teaching Latin and as a single mother. But the events that haunted her memories…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Lake of Dead Languages as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved the storyline of an adult returning to teach at the school where she’d gone and how this return surfaces a host of memories that she hasn’t fully come to terms with yet.
I connected so deeply with the care the teacher has for the place as it is, the confusion she has about the place as it was, and how she struggles to not repeat the mistakes of the past. Plus, the mystery is so well-paced.
From Alex's list on dark academy books from a 25-year veteran of prep school teaching.
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