The Bachelorette Party
A Novel
by Camilla Sten
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Pub Date Jun 10 2025 | Archive Date Jun 24 2025
St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books
Description
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Scream meets The Guest List in this wickedly compelling and compulsively page-turning thriller of friendship and murder from the author of The Lost Village, Camilla Sten.
On a remote island nestled off the coast of Sweden, four friends—Tilly, Anna, Linnea and Evelina—meet every year. Best friends since childhood, the idea is to drink beer, dance by the water, and shake off the weight of life's expectations. The location of the island is a secret to everyone but them. One night of reckless fun and secret-sharing, and then they return to their normal lives.
Ten Years Later. Ever since she was a teenager, Tessa Nilsson has been consumed by the story of four friends who disappeared. As her true crime fervor turned into a wildly popular podcast, Tessa covered Sweden’s most gruesome cases, but could never find the answers behind what happened to these women who disappeared. Now Tessa’s podcast has crashed and burned, any chance she had at uncovering the truth vanishing with it.
Anneliese is Tessa’s best friend, and before she walks down the aisle, she wants to have a bachelorette party. The destination: Baltic Vinyasa, a sleek, sophisticated yoga retreat on a small island off the coast—one with such similar characteristics to the tragedy years ago that it raises the hair on Tessa’s neck. The idea is to drink gallons of cava, do sunrise yoga, and get in their last chance to bond with the bride. Tessa will not pass this up. It’s her last chance to find out what happened to the four women, once and for all.
And it’s someone else’s last chance to get revenge.
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781250868503 |
PRICE | $28.00 (USD) |
PAGES | 304 |
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Featured Reviews

The remote and isolated setting gave the story a creepy vibe and an intense feeling of unease from the outset.
Tessa and her sister Lena are invited to a bachelorette party on a remote island to celebrate their friend Annalise's upcoming wedding. Due to some ongoing life issues, Tessa is reluctant to attend. But the thought of reuniting with old high school friends as well as her obsession with true crime drives her curiosity about the island’s dark past making the event inviting and intriguing. You see, ten years ago a group of girls went missing in at this very location and have never been found. Would you go?
The island is accessible only by boat and when the boat leaves the only tie to civilization is a dinghy tied up on the shore. Cell phones and all other devices are confiscated by hotel owner Irene for the duration. After all the girls are here to enjoy each other without distraction. She assures them they are not completely cut off from the world , should help be needed, as there is a landline on the first floor.
Irene, built the island’s new hotel and is oddly enough the sister of one of the missing girls. Tessa, interest in true crime stems from her former role as a true crime podcaster. To Tessa this is the perfect opportunity to investigate and maybe even solve the ten year old mystery. As she digs deeper, the island's secrets start to unravel, and Tessa soon realizes that she and her friends have entered into a world of grave danger with absolutely no resources to protect themselves.
Author, Camilla Sten kept me guessing as to who was the evil one/s were by weaving together a twisted plot with unexpected turns. The twist will keep readers on the edge and one may find it difficult to put the book down.
I really like Tessa and pulled for her the entire time. She’s smart, clever and observant as she begins to put together the pieces of the mystery.
I highly recommend this spine-chilling must-read for fans of suspenseful story thrillers.

Tilly, Anna, Linnea, and Evalina meet once a year at their favorite place, a remote island off the coast of Sweden, to celebrate their lifelong friendship and unwind from life's pressures with beer and dancing by the water. All they need is one night of fun and trading their secrets before they return to their day-to-day lives.
Ten years later, the friends suddenly disappeared. Tessa Nilsson, a local true crime enthusiast whose true crime podcasts were extremely popular in Sweden, had attempted to uncover the mystery of their disappearance before her podcast came to a sudden end.
Tesse’s best friend, Anneliese, planned a bachelorette party for her at a popular yoga retreat on a small island off the coast, near where the tragedy occurred years ago. Tessa felt this might be a chance to find out what happened to the four women. Little did she know of the danger ahead for her.