A retreat doesn't always mean safety...
Following the death of her husband, Emily is happy to find herself surrounded by friends and fellow Oxford peers at the rustic Chalet des Anglais in the French Alps. With no electricity, running water, or access by car, surely this trip will offer her the time and space she needs to heal.
But before she makes it to the airport, Emily interrupts a break-in at her home, and on the first night at the chalet, she discovers an inappropriate sexual liaison between an undergrad and a colleague. When the student suddenly disappears, and Emily sees her deceased husband's number in her call history, she realizes she had better figure out who she can trust - or the next disappearance may be her own...
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781838950507
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 274 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 mm
Edition: Main
Twists, turns, mind games - you'll be suspecting everyone - Women's Weekly on How to Kill Your Best Friend
Atmospheric, sinister and totally captivating - Alex Lake on How to Kill Your Best Friend
Uncannily creepy and grounded in the true horror of human evil. - The Observer on The Missing Years
The Alps: “…I think there is something incredibly clean about it all: the verdant greens of the slopes before the grey alpine cliff faces emerge majestically, topped by pristine white snow. Up here, I can feel that... More
For me, the writing in this book was what carried it, not the story which was a bit disjointed and odd, with the supernatural influence of a clock taking hold in the second part of a book although the clock itself... More
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