"IRRESISTIBLE AND PULSE-POUNDING" Karin Slaughter "A TENSE PACY PAGE-TURNER" GUARDIAN
"BRILLIANT AND RELENTLESS" Don Winslow The brand new unmissable thriller from the
award-winning author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Chain. IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED
TO BE A FAMILY VACATION. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT CHANGED EVERYTHING. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
CAPABLE OF UNTIL THEY COME FOR YOUR FAMILY. After moving from a small country town to Seattle
Heather Baxter marries Tom a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working
vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together but once they're
deep in the Australian outback the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom.
When they discover a remote Dutch Island off-limits to outside visitors the family talks
their way onto the ferry taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and
Instagram. But as soon as they set foot on the island which is run by a tightly knit clan of
locals everything feels wrong. Then a shocking accident propels the Baxters from an unsettling
situation into an absolute nightmare. When Heather and the kids are separated from Tom they
are forced to escape alone seconds ahead of their pursuers. Now it's up to Heather to save
herself and the kids even though they don't trust her the harsh bushland is filled with
danger and the locals want her dead. Heather has been underestimated her entire life but she
knows that only she can bring her family home again and become the mother the children
desperately need even if it means doing the unthinkable to keep them all alive. SOON TO BE A
HULU ORIGINAL SERIES "It never loses its python-like grip as Heather battles to keep her
family safe" DAILY MAIL "McKinty ramps up the tension... A real ripsnorter" THE TIMES "A
tense adrenaline-fueled thriller." TIME MAGAZINE "Extraordinary." T. J. Newman "This
summer's major literary thrill ride.... Adrian McKinty is a master." USA TODAY "Gripping and
unpredictable. No one does high-stakes tension like McKinty . . . Prepare to be hooked." Sarah
Pearse "Lyrical prose... [a] thriller-cum-dark-fairytale" IRISH TIMES "A haunting
masterpiece." Steve Cavanagh "McKinty has written another irresistible and pulse-pounding
thriller about the surprising places evil hides and just how far we'll go for those we love."
Karin Slaughter "Truly unrelenting tension" MORNING STAR "McKinty delivers another skillful
blade-sharp page-turner." James Swallow
