Thank you to the author, publishers Little, Brown and NetGalley UK for access to this as an advance reader’s ebook. This is an honest and voluntary review.

 

If the title page didn’t clearly show this was written by Chris Brookmyre I never would have guessed. It’s a well-written psychological thriller with a plot I’d expect from Ruth Ware or Lucy Clarke. Indeed both have written books with very similar plots of hen parties in an isolated location where secrets are uncovered. It’s a very good example of the type, and if it had been written by pretty much any other author I’d be more than happy with this take on the trope. I just can’t help feeling that if I’d tried to predict Chris Brookmyre’s take it would be darker and funnier than the actual result, and I think I’d have enjoyed that version even more.

 

I mean I’ve still given it five stars, because I don’t want my expectations of the author’s style to take away from what is a good thriller.