There's nothing I love more than a "trapped in a cabin in the middle of a snowstorm up a mountain woth a murderer" storyline and this was even better that for once, it wasn't set in the US and was right here in Scotland! The writing was flawless, the scene is set so vividly you can feel the freezing Scottish weather, and the tension!!! Omg the tension is built up until its unbearable and I was just suspecting everyone. Absolutely loved every second of it

Police officer, Fiona, MacLeish are finds herself helping a group of hikers in the Scottish highlands. What at first seems to be a terrible accident, as soon revealed to be a murder. One of the hiking party is dead, and now Fiona and the rest of the hikers are trapped in a remote shelter in the middle of a blizzard. Things become even more dangerous for Fiona when the hiking party discovers she’s a police officer. A tense claustrophobic thriller that will have you biting your nails

3rd book in the series and the best so far I would go so far to say! Trapped in a shelter at the top of a mountain, Fiona must move fast and identify a killer before they strike again. When her role as a police officer is revealed, Fiona herself becomes a target. With tensions rising and food running out, she knows she doesn’t have long until more people die. But can she find the killer and save herself and the innocent hikers in time?
Amazing setting and gripping storyline, I read this emotionally charged, compellingbook in one sitting. This book is a total page-turner and will keep you guessing with every page. I love this incredible thriller. The plot was ingenious and I really like the characters as well.

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for my approval to read and review this book.

This is the 3rd in the Fiona MacLeish series. This book is set on a one of the Munro Mountains near Loch Fyne and the action takes place on the mountain and in a secluded bothy, which is where they take shelter. Fiona is on a day off and goes hiking with 2 of her oldest friends, Donna and Jack (a married couple) and they meet up with a group of 6 hikers on their way down from the summit. All of a sudden, there is a scream and one of the 6 has disappeared over the side!! Fiona and one of the group climb down to find hiker severely injured. They all start to descend down the mountain only to be find themselves stranded in blizzard conditions and forced to take shelter in the bothy, where there are 3 more people that are part of the original 6 hikers. PC Fiona MacLeish is on her own without support of Police Scotland and she has to investigate how the accident happen. Was it intentional? All through the story, you will face plot twists and turns that lead to a dramatic conclusion. I read this book in one day as it was unputdownable! I will recommend this book to fellow book readers.

The only thing better than a locked room murder mystery is one set in an isolated mountain cabin. Now put that cabin on a mountain in Scotland in the middle of a ferocious blizzard and you have The Shelter, an impossible to put down thriller. Police officer Fiona MacLeish is hiking with friends Donna and Jack as the weather suddenly changes, plunging them from autumn into winter in minutes. They are joined by another group who follows them on their way down the mountain. As the snow deepens, one of the group disappears. Has he fallen off the mountainside? Was he pushed? Although Fiona knows her friends well, she has no idea of who this other party is. She has little time to wonder because after they recover the injured man, they are all forced to take shelter in a stone cabin on the path. There is no way they can continue down the mountain. There is no way a rescue helicopter can get to them. There is no cell signal. Then there is another murder and Fiona realizes that the danger in the cabin is worse than the danger outside. Can she identify the killer before there is another victim?

Tension slowly builds in The Shelter. Suspicions pile up like the drifts outside as Fiona tries to understand who is trapped with her. This mystery is so well written that you will feel the numbing cold, the isolation and the growing desperation. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and G.N. Smith for this ARC.