The Dark Lake: A stunning thriller perfect for fans of Jane Harper's The Dry (Detective Woodstock series)

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Dissolved organic carbon trends resulting from changes in atmospheric deposition chemistry. Nature, 450, 537–540. 10.1038/nature06316 It’s not easy visiting a fictional location – well unless it’s Narnia and then all you have to do is escape into a wardrobe…Dark Lake however is not somewhere you would want to visit so just as well it’s not real. Doesn’t mean that it’s not scarily believable though. So what’s the skill needed to create a dark world that frightens you from the moment it seeps into your imagination?A debut novel set in a small Australian town, The Dark Lake is a police procedural with a hefty dose of romantic tension.

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Bacterial production in fresh and saltwater ecosystems: A cross‐system overview. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 43, 1–10. 10.3354/meps043001TOP TIP #3: There are also places around the Lake District that put on special stargazing events. These can cater to all sorts of stargazers, from novices, experts and even photographers. Wings of desire … Sarah Lamb craves transformation as the heroine in Wayne McGregor’s Raven Girl (2013). Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian Knowing when to draw the line: Designing more informative ecological experiments. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 3, 145–152. 10.1890/1540-9295(2005)003[0145:KWTDTL]2.0.CO;2 TOP TIP #1: It’s key to find somewhere that is easily accessible. No one wants to be wandering around in the dark trying to find their car after enjoying stargazing. Recommended stargazing spots: In the clear lake, bacterial metabolic cycling of a LMW DOC pool and direct photo‐mineralization at the sediment surface likely accounted for higher CO 2 production. Previous work has shown that sunlight exposure photo‐degrades aromatic DOM and leads to higher concentrations of LMW compounds (Anesio, Graneli, Aiken, Kieber, & Mopper, 2007; Bertilsson & Tranvik, 1998; Sulzberger & Durisch‐Kaiser, 2009). This process could lead to more bioavailable carbon and elevated CO 2 production (Lapierre et al., 2013; Lapierre & del Giorgio, 2014). However, growth of sediment bacteria in the clear lake may have been limited by the lower availability of N and P relative to C (per mass of DOC) (Figure ​ (Figure2d,e; 2d,e; Goldman et al., 1987; Reche et al., 1998; Smith & Prairie, 2004; Sterner, Elser, Fee, Guildford, & Chrzanowski, 1997; Sterner et al., 1998), despite the available LMW compounds. This nutrient limitation can explain why communities would have metabolically cycled C instead of allocating it to biomass, thus producing more CO 2 than the dark lake (del Giorgio & Cole, 1998; Hessen, 1992; Karlsson, Jansson, & Jonsson, 2002; Reche et al., 1998; Smith & Prairie, 2004; Zwart et al., 2016). Therefore, increasing t‐OM influx may have varied effects on in‐lake carbon cycling (Lapierre & del Giorgio, 2014). Photo‐mineralization can also produce up to 90% of CO 2 in aquatic systems, and may have accounted for some of the CO 2 observed in the clear lake pore water (Ward & Cory, 2016). This high rate of photo‐oxidation in the clear lake as opposed to the dark lake also altered the mesocosm pore water DOM quality, which may have shifted the composition of the clear lake bacterial community to taxa that were better able to degrade photoproducts, whereas the dark lake community may have been predisposed to degrade t‐OM (Judd et al., 2007; Lønborg et al., 2016; Sharpless et al., 2014; Ward & Cory, 2016).

Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) in the microbiological world: How to make the most of your money. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 138, 60–71. 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.02.016Chemodiversity of dissolved organic matter in lakes driven by climate and hydrology. Nature Communications, 5, 3804 Pulling over on the high road – the Honister Pass – to see some wonderful views from right by your car. The energy spilling reactions of bacteria and other organisms. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, 13, 1–11. 10.1159/000103591 In many ways she wants nothing more than to leave Smithson but on the other hand she feels deeply connected to the place and it’s a big part of her struggle. The town itself is like another character. It is hot and oppressive and in a state of flux. The small-town mentality prevails but the town is opening its doors to new businesses and people. This change is making people nervous and adds to the overall sense of unease that fuels the mystery around Rosalind’s death. How do you research a novel such as this?