Gwen/Gina bares her soul to Sam, her neighbor. She is put off by his cool response. Her husband is on to her and is making her life hell. Specifically, he has the police investigating whether she has killed a young girl and drowned her in the lake. My guess is that the girl will have been "buried in a watery grave" in a way that is similar to how her husband handled his corpses. Very good book.
Follows Sadie and Sam (Mazer) from childhood to mid-thirties when both are feeling old and a bit out of it in the gaming world. Characters are well-rounded, develop throughout the novel in interesting way. Plot is involved but sensible. Not a single, "Oh, come on!" moment. The book could have been faster paced. Odd, since the main topic is video games which are not for their speed of engagement and Gabrielle Zevin clearly knows her video games. Recommended by Michael Connelly in an interview. He also has Bosch pick up the book in his novel, Resurrection Walk, as Bosch tails a possible witness to a crime as she moves through a bookstore. Sadie and Sam do not get together at the end, which is good. Marx killed by homophobic nutcase who really wants to kill Sam, but Sam isn't there. Marx is father of Sadie's child.
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