Fantastic!! Really thrilling story. Would highly recommend this to fans of the mystery genre. A great new author to look out for.

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

On holiday with family and her adoring fiancé, Jed, Emily couldn't be happier. But overnight, the idyllic trip turns into a waking nightmare when one of the group is found dead in what appears to be a terrible accident.
The devastated party returns to London to cope with their loss while trying to resume their normal lives. But new revelations shed a shocking light on the holiday tragedy and set Emily on a perilous journey to discover the truth about what happened. Soon a terrifying series of threats and lies bring her face to face with the dark truths at the heart of her family - and into life-threatening danger...

*2.5 stars*

From holiday trip to international drug rings...this book certainly took me for a ride. Was it a totally convincing ride? Not really...

From the outset, we are plunged into melodrama and suspense. And the melodrama never leaves. It felt like the author wanted every page to be suspenseful but, instead, we got a lot of silly, inane red herrings and secrets and suspicious behaviour - that only served to make the story less interesting, not more.

The characters were, well, dull and flat. Emily was annoying. The rest were forgettable. Thriller novels like this rely on solid characters to carry the story when there isn't "something going on" - just didn't happen here. More drama was piled on top of other drama to keep the story moving...

Would I read more by this author? Sure - one novel shouldn't be the deciding factor (unless it is absolutely dreadful!)


Paul
ARH