Thank you for the opportunity to read 'The Holiday'.

I would classify this as a holiday read - easy, enjoyable if not slightly unbelievable. The characters were interesting and the plot kept me guessing.

I absolutely loved this book. At last someone who can take a narrative and run with it, without resorting to changed of era etc. The opening chapter had me hooked and it did not take me long to read it all. Now I am sad as I no longer have it to read. The sign of a good book!

The setting in France, the gorgeous villa, the long lazy meals en famille made you feel as if you were on holiday, even if you were not. You could almost feel the heat of the day.

The build up to the climax was very good, it kept you guessing and the end was able to surprise.
Very good indeed, I look forward to more by T M Logan.

Four university friends come together for a holiday in a beautiful idyllic villa in France. They bring their respective families with them. Each of them is hiding a secret. One of them is prepared to kill to keep their secret.

Kate’s husband Sean has been acting strangely. Kate finds messages on his phone, he’s having an affair with one of her friends, but who? Rowan, Jen or Izzy? Each of them seems to be hiding something.

This book has suspense, intrigue and plot twists. Just enough to keep you wondering. There are secrets, lies and family drama.

The beginning of the book had me hooked. It slowed a bit in the middle but the ending is enough to send a chill down your spine.

An interesting story with many twists and turns as suspicion falls on the different characters in the book. As the book progresses you are carried along on as the pressure increases and the relationships are exposed. Definitely recommended.

A good story with characters that really annoyed me. Maybe a touch unbelievable but definitely a perfect holiday read

This psychological thriller was a right enjoyable page turner.. the characters were interesting and the setting was fantastic. A good twist at the end that you would never expect. I have read 2 books by this author and I will be looking out for more in the future. Excellent
Thank you netgalley for the opportunity to read this

Four friends and their family are on their annual holiday together. This year is different though as Kate finds out her husband is keeping a secret from her. He's having an affair and it's with one of her best friends, but which one?
Rowan, Jenny, Izzy and Kate have all been friends since University, but this holiday will test Kate to her limits. As the families keep up their bravados, we start to learn that secrets are held in each family, cumulating in one huge turn of events that no could have guessed was coming.

Well that was quite the ride! Four friends, their children and one reader go to what they think to be a nice quiet holiday at a villa in France. Nothing is as it seems! This reader was expecting one twist and got quite a few more than that!

The opening as they reach the villa is all sunshine and light. The descriptions of the area and the landscape is stunning and you’re immediately thrown into the heart of the French countryside. You get that holiday buzz just like those in the novel….but then, like those twisty, winding roads, it goes in directions you don’t expect.

The setting is stunning - Beziers, Autignac, fields and vineyards as long as the eye can see. Languedoc is going to be getting more visitors after this. Maybe not groups of friends in villas though ;) (The villa is fictional, I did check, but there are many real ones just like it.

You know when friends get together at a nice location and there’s a birthday to celebrate that something is going to go wrong, but it was hard to guess what exactly. It all starts with a text message Kate finds on her husband’s phone. And oh my word,what a journey we go on after that. Kate thinks everything and knows nothing and when she does find something out, nothing is as it seems. This was a puzzle indeed but I loved it! What a thrill to wander through the rooms of that villa, creeping behind the vines, hiding in door ways and listening to people talking underneath balconies…. Then there was all that bushy headland and mountains to get lost in, to invite someone for a walk so you could ‘talk’. An example of where the location ramps up the tension and acts as a major character itself.

Remember that text? It’s from someone on the holiday…and that’s not a spoiler as it’s mentioned at the start. But that ramps things up even more! Remote location, people you think you know….

It makes me never want to go on a group holiday though! Haha maybe don’t read this if you are going on one anytime soon. You might be looking at them in a new light! And never let them take their children. They get lost and hide and seek becomes very eerie when the light fades.

It starts nice and slow and then I found I couldn’t stop reading and I was getting faster and faster to find out what was going on.My mind was going as fast as Kate’s although in a much nicer way.

I could hear the bushes rustle when reading this and wanted to look over my shoulder from time to time. A very exciting read!

I would like to thank the author, the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book. I really enjoyed it and I liked the twists that kept me guessing right to the end.

That was the second book i read from T.M.Logan and i couldnt stop reading.
In the beginning of the book we are on a casual holiday with a few friends and that builds up the connection between the characters. Slowly we get to know each and everyone of them, and the connections and confilcts are building up. We more separeted little story in the chapters which all connects by the end.Perfect holiday read!

This book is fabulous and the best TM Logan book so far and that is a huge compliment considering how great and successful Lies was.
This is a wonderful holiday read and the perfect thriller. It’s delightfully dark with plenty of twists to keep you guessing. I’d strongly recommend this one.

Seven days, three families and one killer! Four women who’ve been best friends for years have arranged to spend a week in a luxurious French villa with their families. But it appears all is not as it seems. Secrets, lies and a yearning to find the truth are at the heart of this book along with someone prepared to kill to keep their secret hidden.

This book is well written and kept me entertained throughout. It runs at a steady pace gradually building momentum as it goes.

Thank you to NetGalley, Bonnier Zaffre and the author for the chance to review.

This book was gripping from the get go. The description of the villa and surroundings was so wonderful, I could feel myself basking in the sun with Kate and co. The storyline progresses really quickly but you're able to keep up despite the fast pace. I didn't see the ending coming whatsoever. Great thriller, I just wish I'd saved it for my Holiday!

Four women who have known each other from fresher days at university meet up for a holiday to celebrate their 40th birthdays. They take their husbands and children with them to France. We are led to believe very early on, that one of them suspects her husband is having an affair with one of her close friends. As we we go through the week we see each event within this context. It sets up tension and intrigue. The relationships between the children merit more development.
At the outset one feels it going to follow a well trodden path but in fact the ending shows a unique turn of events.
Definitely an author who will grow

This was supposed to be a wonderful holiday for four university friends and their families. Through Logan's various twists and turns, we see Kate challenge each of her friends. Which one is having an affair with Sean, loyal husband and family man?

I particularly enjoyed the way that the book focused on each of the families and their relationships, not just Kate and Sean.

I read this book whilst on holiday and it kept me guessing right to the last page. This is my first book by the author and I will look forward to reading his previous two books now.

With many thanks to the author TM Logan, NetGalley and Publishers Bonnier Zaffre for a copy of this ebook in exchange for an independent review.

This s an ok read if you are looking for a holiday read, but I felt it could have been written a little better. About halfway through I lost all empathy for any of the characters, they were all completely self absorbed and irresponsible. I found it hard to believe that anyone would behave this way, and as such struggle through this title, Im sorry to say.

This is a good holiday read. It’s about friends on holiday in a fabulous villa in France. They are all with their families and it’s a story of secrets and lies.

It does meander and is quite a slow read, but, if you’re reading on a beach or by a pool, who cares?

Solid 3*

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to preview.

After being rather disappointed with a previous T M Logan story I was interested to read a 2nd. I really enjoyed this one, the characters were given depth and each one their own time to feature in the story. I initially thought it was a straight forward story given the initial few chapters and that I as the reader would just have to guess which of the friends the main character suspected. However there is much more to this story with a good ‘twist’. Disappointingly most of the action happens in the last 15% so quite a slow burner til then but the setting and descriptions of the holiday and villa are enjoyable. Also it seems a little far fetched how the main character suddenly pieces all the story together but it definitely works.

Great read, four old uni friends go on holiday to a villa in the south of France, taking along their families to celebrate turning 40 - sounds idyllic...

That is until Kate finds a text message on her husbands phone from Coralgirl alluding to clandestine meetings with the last text reading 'We'll sort it out when we're in France'....

Kate is in France, with three of her best friends one of whom she suspects is having an affair with her husband. It blows Kate's mind and whilst she tries to work out which of her so called mates is having a fling with her hubby, she soon discovers that they are all acting shady and hiding something, so it might not be as easy as she thought to unmask the betrayer!

Thanks to Nethgalley for the opportunity to review this book, this is my honest opinion

The Holiday is one of those deliciously satisfying summer reads that evoke those long sultry days and steamy August nights on the Med. As everyone knows group holidays can be fraught especially one involving a quartet of friends with a decades long history. All of the characters are wonderfully flawed yet extremely well written and thought through. Will their past actions catch up with them?
A sense of danger lingers on every page and consequently it’s a pressure cooker of a week’s holiday tightly woven together. I raced through it over 24 hours. Needless to say I loved it and as it’s my first outing with this author will read more by him. It has put me off going on holiday with friends for life – this is a compliment to the author’s writing skills!
There often tends to be THE novel of the summer I suspect this one could be it.