In the Lake of the Woods

<p>This riveting novel of love and mystery from the author of <i>The Things They Carried </i>examines the lasting impact of the twentieth century's legacy of violence and warfare both at home and abroad. When long-hidden secrets about the atrocities he committed in Vietnam come to light a candidate for the U.S. Senate retreats with his wife to a lakeside cabin in northern Minnesota. Within days of their arrival his wife mysteriously vanishes into the watery wilderness.</p>