The Castaways: Escape far away with the most gripping, twisty crime thriller book for 2021
"A thrilling escape."--Marie Claire (UK)
"An elegant, sinister, beautiful nightmare."--Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark
Long Bright River meets Lost in this adrenaline-fueled thriller of a missing plane, a remote island, and two sisters torn apart when a vacation turns unthinkably deadly
Two years ago, a small plane disappeared over Fiji. For Erin, it's been two years of obsessing over every detail, refusing to move forward even as life does. Her sister Lori was on that plane, and Erin was meant to be, too, but after a bitter argument, she failed to show. Everyone thinks Lori is dead, but Erin can't let go.
Just when Erin is on the verge of losing hope, the pilot of the missing plane turns up still in Fiji, seemingly with no memory of the crash. In a final bid to find her sister, Erin travels there herself--but what she discovers is beyond anything she could have predicted.
A sharp-edged, darkly propulsive novel following two sisters whose lives are upended when their vacation of a lifetime goes disastrously awry, The Castaways is another scorcher from "queen of the destination thriller" (Claire Douglas) and million-copy bestselling author Lucy Clarke.
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Community Reviews
Two sisters on holiday in Fiji should have been the trip of a lifetime. But when a fight leads to one sister missing the flight and the other one nowhere to be found, this dream holiday quickly turns into a nightmare.
The exotic atmosphere and dual timeline POV had me engaged from the beginning. As the plot was building I was constructing all of these narratives in my mind. When the twists came I found some of my theories to be on the mark, but also a little disappointment when it didn't turn out to be quite as complex as I had imagined.
Overall, The Castaways was an entertaining read and I look forward to watching the series adaptation on Paramount+.
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