In upstate New York, within the woods, Dutchman’s Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked and fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true.
When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other’s company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumours of the Creek and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss them. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir.
It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.
What a book! I loved this, as I was reading I just thought to myself - how clever is this; I'm reading a story that is someone telling their story but also they are telling someone else's story midway through too! (If that sounds confusing - don't worry, it isn't it's brilliant!)
I really felt for Abe our main character as he was sharing his story of how he found fishing after losing his wife. What I wasn't expecting was what he found when he went fishing!!
I don't like to give spoilers in my reviews but honestly I do not know how the author came up with the idea for this book, and the intricacies that came within it. Such descriptive passages that make you feel like you're actually there with the characters, I swear I had actual goosebumps on more than one occasion whilst reading. Honestly just brilliant!
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