The Lake of Dead Languages John Baker and everything that he intrinsically

and everything that he intrinsically believes

John Lawrence

thrilling and darkly comic

From the author of the acclaimed CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL comes a grand entertainment with the brilliantly realized figure of Charlie Chaplin at its centre: a novel at once cinematic and intimate

right outside his office

The Lake of Dead Languages John Baker and everything that he intrinsicallyJane Hudson never thought she would return to Heart Lake. Her years there as a scholarship girl ended in a double tragedy: the drownings of her two roommates. 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 for so many years begin to recur in front of her eyes. It seems she alone can see what is happening, and only she will be able to prevent a second catastrophe