The Retreat is about a former professional dancer who escapes an abusive marriage and wishes to start her career and life anew by attending a wilderness retreat for artists. Once there, she discerns an atmosphere of threat and tension among the group of artists there for a short residency. Then one of them dies...a tragic accident or something more sinister?

Unfortunately this novel did not work for me at all. It wandered, seemingly without purpose or direction, in the most repetitive and maddening way. There was not sufficient motive or explanation for the characters' actions, so it just did not make sense to me. It felt as if the author did not have a strong plot for this or sense of where she wanted it to go. I cannot recommend it.