Amelia is in her 30s and is an emotional wreck, she describes herself as a car crash.
Her younger sister Lark has been missing for a year, her mother died 7 months following Larks disappearance, she suffers a miscarriage and splits with her boyfriend. She hasn't had it easy.

She take a break from work and heads home to the Scottish Highlands to her father, Robert and her brother, Thomas, only to realise they are off on a road trip. 

The anniversary of Larks disappearance is approaching and Robert has a feeling that something was missed when the disappearance was investigated. Robert, Amelia, Thomas and Thomas' carer (Thomas had an accident and is now wheelchair dependent), Maddie set off to Drummondale House.

The book alternates between the present day and a year previous when the family went on a holiday to Drummondale House.

As the search for Lark continues, tragedy strikes and someone disappears and two others are murdered and everyone is trapped as the snow has been falling.

Someone has been spotted wearing a mask in and around the Estate but no one knows or finds anything concrete.

I never suspected the killer but that twist at the end, that was something else. This story is brilliant. I devoured it in 24 hours. 

I will definitely be reading more from Amanda Brittany.
Brilliant and well worth ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

<b>3.5 Stars</b>

This novel is a slow burn. You first learn of all the characters as they arrive at the rental cottages of Ruth and her son, Finn. The characters are not clearly drawn at this point, or any other, but with a limited pool of suspects this is not particularly surprising. 

As the body count rises, the tension mounts, keeping the reader engrossed right to the end. What's more, I am delighted to say I didn't work out who was responsible - though I have to admit I found one element of the conclusion most improbable.

Unfortunately there is also one other niggle. I would have expected a remote hotel to be more prepared for bad weather and power cuts: plenty of oil for the lamps, supplies of non perishable food, a generator etc. But that's just me being picky as it did help ramp up the tension.

In spite of those faults I Lie in Wait gradually becomes a page turner and the ending was such a surprise I am still shaking my head. I would definitely read more by this author.

Hold on...Let me get a hose...Need to put out the fire .....It's still smoldering!!
It's rare that I find a thriller such as this that captivates me from the beginning and doesn't let up but then in those hotly contested works the ending or mid level usually fall flat. Not here. Not with these tremendously colorful characters, not with this suspenseful mastery, and certainly not with this ever growing plot.
So, you say Lark is missing ( one year ago) and Amelia must now act to bring her back?...
Amelia's first thought is to go to a Scottish cottage in the middle of nowhere and search for clues but while there she encounters a frightening female scream.
Oh, snap...Perhaps a stalker type is lurking?!
Well, whatever as I'm sure it will be solved with a few drinks or meals thereafter...
I'm sorry what?....
What's up with Jackson?
Well, jealousy and revenge are usually two motives in most crimes but I'm sure this one may just rock your world.
Thank you to Amanda for this brilliant writing, the pub, NetGalley, and Amazon Kindle for this ARC in exchange for this honest review.

This Novel is about Amelia Taylor. Amelia hasn't had a very easy life. Her mom passed away from Cancer, Her younger sister Lark has disappeared out of thin air and Amelia miscarried her own child back in London. Amelia decided to surprise her dad and brother with a visit. But things are about to get even harder for Amelia if that's even possible. Will Amelia find her sister and get her life back in order?. Youll just have to read to find out. 

This book was awesome!! I really liked it. Amanda Brittany did a very good job writing it. I was totally hooked once I started reading. I couldn't stop, I just needed to find out what happens next. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I love the suspense of the book and mystery.  I also really enjoyed the short chapters, it was very easy to read and not confusing with the back and forth in time. My favourite character has to be Amelia. She's badass and never gave up. I really liked the setting of the book, Scotland is soo mysteries has it is. It was perfect. 

I would like to say thank you to Netgalley and HQ Digital for giving me the chance to read and review this novel.

I highly recommend this novel to anything that loves mystery/ suspense in a book. this one totally has it.

I will totally be looking at other books from this author.

A must read, would not of guessed who in a million years!! Kept me enthralled from the very beginning to the bitter end. I highly recommend this book you will not be disappointed

I really enjoyed this book. A year ago, Amelia's sister Lark disappeared while on a family holiday in Scotland. The police assume she was abducted, but the case has now gone cold. When Amelia's father says he is going back to look for anything they might have missed, she decides to go with him. As the weather turns treacherous, another girl goes missing. This is a great story which has a number of twists you won't see coming. Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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Great story with twists and turns. Keeps you guessing throughout with a great twist at the end. The story has a mixture or murder mystery, disappearances, love and grief. This is the first book I’ve read from this author and looking forward to reading more

A brilliantly crafted whodunnit mystery, with jaw-dropping twists!

There is nothing I love more than a good old murder mystery, especially one set during a snowstorm! What I loved about this book is that it had all the great qualities of a murder mystery, yet it also had all the suspense of a psychological thriller. It really is so cleverly written.

The story is told in multiple POVs and two timelines (now and one year ago). The main character Amelia is having a terrible time, her mum passed away shortly after her sister went missing and now, she’s lost a baby and her boyfriend has left her.

Urged by her boss to take a break from work she decides to go back home to see her dad and brother. On arrival she finds out they are about to head off to Drummondale House in the Scottish Highlands, a place where only a year ago Amelia’s sister Lark went missing. She joins them on their trip, hopeful that they might find some answers as to what happened.

When some familiar faces join them at the holiday cottages, Amelia soon starts to realise that it wasn’t such a good idea to go back there, especially when history starts to repeat itself and another teenage girl goes missing! With freak weather, murders, scary masks and rarely any phone signal, Amelia and the rest of the characters must find a way of getting help and getting out of Drummondale House. Can they all trust each other, and can they all get out alive?

I really did enjoy this book and found myself guessing throughout and suspecting everyone! Whilst I was right on a couple of bits, I did not guess the ending and what a cracking ending it was. So cleverly plotted I’d be surprised if anyone solved this mystery.

There are lots of characters to keep track of, but I didn’t find this to be a problem and enjoyed having so many suspects. Do make sure you read the title of each chapter, so you know who you are reading about and if it is the past or the present.

Like a book version of Cluedo, this would most certainly make a great TV Drama. If you loved An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena then you’ll love this one.

Thank you to Amanda Brittany, HQ & NetGalley for my ARC of this book.

Amanda's sister disappeared a year ago from their holiday cottage the the Scottish Highlands. The following year the  Family go back to see if they can find any trace of her. And so the twists and turns begin. There are a lot of characters to keep up with in this book along with snowstorms and power failures and the story switches from the present to a year ago at times becoming a little confusing. I m admit that the ending was unexpected just when I thought I had it sussed.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Oh wow this was intense. I was convinced I knew what happened but I was so wrong. This book had twist after twist that led to me not being able to put it down. I was addicted to it from the prologue all the way through to the epilogue. I don’t think I’ve quite wrapped my mind around all the twists that happened in it yet and I’m very tempted to read it again to see if I can put it all together this time. 

It’s told through multiple POVs and  two timelines. It gradually introduces the suspects from the abduction last year and reintroduces them in the present day. This book seems like a simple plot about two abductions exactly a year apart. However, it very quickly begins to unravel into something so much more. This was the first book I’d read by Amanda Brittany but I will definitely be on the look out for more of her books.

Like other reviewers, I felt like this one started off really slow. The jumping perspectives and timelines also pulled my attention away. However, on the advice of the other reviewers, I kept at it, and the second half flew by. There were multiple solid twists that I didn't figure out, which is always a huge plus. While I feel like there are a few things that could have made this book spectacular, overall it was a great read.

This book was a ride from start to finish.
First, I loved the setting of the Scottish Highlands. It really added to the atmosphere, I loved the addition of the snow trapping the group in the house, the getting lost in the woods, it all felt like the typical setting of a horror movie. The atmosphere was beautifully haunting and creepy and it really added to the suspense.
I really enjoyed the plot and the pacing, I couldn't put the book down because I was so intrigued what would happen next and it was really keeping me intrigued during the whole read.
I struggled with the change of perspectives between Ruth and Amanda at first, as well as the switch between past and present. During the second half, those switches were less frequent and I felt like that greatly improved the reading.
I was really positively surprised by the ending. It was well set up, the plot twists were unexpected and although I had a theory, I was proven almost completely wrong. All the clues and hints were carefully lied out during the book and the ending was almost perfectly constructed, which really wrapped up the book beautifully.

It didn’t quite score top marks because it was a little slow to start and I was disappointed with the ending. Although there was a major twist, it felt very rushed and the last few chapters wrapped everything up far too quickly in my opinion.

However let’s talk about the main bulk of the book which I thought was incredible. As mentioned it did start off a little slow, but when it got started, it was nail-bitingly good. I was actually nervous and scared whilst reading it. The setting in the Scottish Highlands was so haunting and the thought of them all trapped their together was like a horror film.

Amelia’s sister, Lark, disappeared a year ago and with no leads as to where she is they all go back to see if they can unearth anymore clues. However they get snowed in and are unable to leave. Meanwhile someone is leaving creepy masks in the forest and murdering each of the party one by one. It’s during these moments that I was most scared. I was on the edge of my seat as they searched the forest and you will suspect every single member of the party as being the murderer.

The book splits between a few characters from present day to a year ago, where you get to see the days leading up to Lark’s disappearance. A few chapters are also from an unknown character simply labelled as ‘Me‘ who detail their time in captivity – I won’t say anymore!!!

Overall it’s such a fast paced, on the edge of your seat book with plenty of twists and suspects that will have you guessing throughout.

Chilling. I have read many, and I mean many, psychological thrillers/suspense novels, and it’s quite hard to fool me. But, this time around I did not figure it out until just before it was all revealed. Cleverly written and plotted. The beginning was a bit slow, and there was a lot of building up the big picture, and going back and forth between now and then. The book is also written from several different perspective, and it took me a while to get used to it.

A family that has suffered so many tragedies, and a father who is not willing to believe he’s daughter is dead. All the surviving ones return to the Highlands, to the exact place their beloved daughter and sister disappeared a year ago. Something strange is going on, and then another young girl goes missing...

I read it in one go, because I wanted to know whodunnit and what it was all about. I love the main setting in a remote snowed in place in Scotland. I did not really relate to anyone in the book. Everyone was so shattered into pieces due to too many tragedies. This made the characters a bit too distant. Overall an enjoyable read.

I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Wow edge of your seat books loads of twists and turns. Loved that it was in scotland. If you find it boring at the beginning please keep reading it just gets better and better

This book was definitely such an interesting concept and it had a ton of twists and turns. I swore that i had it figured out and I was very wrong. It definitely took such an unexpected turn when you find out the truth behind the disappearances.

Two families blended together in sorrow return to the last place they remember being happy in Scotland.
The last holiday before their mum died and also before their mums partner Jackson and her daughter Lark went missing
One year later they return as Larks dad Robert and sister Amelia don’t believe Lark is dead so they are also accompanied with Thomas their brother and his live in carer Maddie
And then Rosomund  and her step daughter Eloise also turn up 
But this year there is thick heavy snow and they are all stuck in the middle of nowhere and there is a killer on the loose 
But who is the killer and why??
Edge of your seat white knuckle rollercoaster of a book

A murdery mystery set in a remote, Highland estate cut off by snow from the outside world, this has all the ingredients for a good thriller, but I felt the pace let it down a little. 
One year ago, 17-year-old Lark and her stepfather Jackson disappeared from the remote Highland estate where their extended family were holidaying. It was assumed that Jackson and Lark had run off together, but her sister Amelia has always doubted it. One year later, the family return, hoping to find clues to Lark's whereabouts, but set in chain a whole new series of events. As the snow falls and they are cut off from the outside world,  another teenager goes missing and members of their group are picked off one by one. Will Amelia survive, and will she solve the mystery of what happened to Lark? This has all the ingredients for a first class thriller, and almost made it for me, but I felt the pace was off. Just as an eerie, suspenseful or mysterious mood was set, we were switched from past to present or vice-versa.  In a frenetic few chapters of violence and bloodshed, things come to a climax at the estate - but there is still a third of the story to go, and though the plot twists and machinations continue, the narrative lost momentum for me at the point. However, there are some good characters - especially the Mrs Danvers type housekeeper, Ruth, and her is-he-isn't-he a murderer/kidnapper son Finn, and they help to carry the story, keeping me reading to the final twist denoument, which is, in the end, worth waiting for.

A solid 4 star read. Good premise. Great characters. Enjoyed the writing style. Plenty of suspense to keep me guessing. A plus point for me was I  never guessed the culprit.

My thoughts about this brilliantly written gripping thriller, was just mindblowing.with amazing characters,with a hardhiting story, that has lots of suspense and mystery. grips you from the start till the end. What I loved about the story, was how far would you go, to find out, what really happened to your sister, when she goes missing one year ago. Author Amanda Brittany not only writes a fantastic story, but she really takes you on the darkest secrets, of what really happened One year ago,  when Amelia Taylor’s sister, Lark, vanished without a trace from a family holiday in the Scottish Highlands, was just fantastic. Author Amanda's writing is just incredible, loved how she balances the storyline, and the characters together is just amazing. My favourite character was definitely Amelia, who I thought was just a fantastic character. What I loved about Amelia was, she would do anything to find her sister was fantastic. Amanda Brittany's I Lie In Wait is one of those thrillers, you won't be able to put down. A breathless ending, when the mystery is revealed, defiently takes your breath away. A well written mystery thriller, that will grip you from the start, till the end. Highly recommended. I would like to say thank you to author Amanda Brittany, HQ Stories and netgalley for giving me a chance to read and review this outstanding thriller.💥💥💥💥💥⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐