A MYSTERIOUS OFFER
When Thea deciphers a cryptic invitation, she can’t believe it’s real. Yet the next moment she’s on a jet, being whisked off to a private Caribbean island.
BUT THIS IS NO ORDINARY HOLIDAY
Her fellow guests are richer than rich – billionaires, tech bros, even royalty; all in paradise to sign a global deal. So what is Thea doing here?
THERE IS NO ESCAPE
By the morning, their host is dead – and so is any hope of getting off the island.
NO GETAWAY
As guests are picked off one by one, the group’s suspicions turn on Thea.
ONLY A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
But the killer isn’t the only threat on the island – and escape means facing her worst fears . . .
My thoughts: Summoned to a deserted island, Thea is at a loss as to why she, a defence barrister, is there. The other guests include a minor royal, her MP husband, several entrepreneurs and billionaires, a pop star, a supermodel and a journalist. Her husband seems to be involved with their host Olga, and that really throws Thea, who invites their lover’s wife to their super secret summit?
Unfortunately things go from bad to worse when Olga is found drowned in the swimming pool the next morning. Their phones were confiscated on arrival, the WiFi is off, the staff have been sent away, there’s no way off the island and no way to call for help.
As the group squabble and try to work out which one of them is a killer, the situation continues to deteriorate. Thea tries to be rational, but the things really aren’t. Someone there is a murderer, there’s a hungry panther roaming the island (big cats do not make good pets) and then more bodies show up violently murdered. Can she survive the weekend? Can any of them? Will help ever arrive? And why did Olga invite them all there?
Clever, funny (if you’re a bit dark and twisted like me), but with an interesting point to make, this was a really enjoyable, smart read from a writer whose previous books I really like.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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