🌟 Well, @jennymoorewrites has pulled it out of the bag again. I really enjoyed her first adult book (The Woman Next Door), but this was even better. The writing had me hooked from the very first page. I could not put this down and it was full of creepy little themes that have your hair standing on end, and your heart beating that little bit faster.

🇸🇪 I don’t want to give anything away, so in short, this one is about a group of people on a retreat in the woods… odd things start to happen.

🍎The story was clever and woven together to keep the reader guessing. It took until 85% for me to click - probably the perfect time for it all to make sense. It was full of red herrings sending the reader off pondering different theories and ideas. I was all over the shop. I love that everything was plausible and this really could happen, with minimal stretch of the imagination.

🤭There are some amusing one liner’s throughout that made me giggle when I wasn’t expecting it!

🖊️ The characters were amusing and clearly defined. I love an author within a book, and with a name like Oscar Wildman, he was destined to be a writer! (If you know, you know)

🛍️ All in all, pre-order this one now! Lets get @jennymoorewrites on some best seller lists ready for the book drop in February!

👧🏽 She also writes children’s and young adult books, so you should check those out too.

👍🏽Thank you so much to @netgalley @hqstories and @jennymoorewrites for this advanced copy

Compelling and engaging right from the start, this gripping book had me on the edge of my seat and almost breathless at times. Fast paced with a perfect setting, I couldn't put it down

Fantastic thriller set in a Swedish wilderness retreat. Bella has just dropped off her son at university and is feeling a bit emotional so her son and sister have arranged for Bella to go to the retreat to relax and not to worry. Bella is a bit hesitant when she first arrives but realises it seem like a great place to be to recharge and not think about what her son is up to without her. Until a guest arrives who Bella new a long time ago and now she could be in danger.

Fantastic thriller which will keep you on edge until the end.

A gripping thriller of a novel set within a Swedish wilderness retreat. After dropping off her son Asher at university, Bella gears over to Sweden for a week long stay at a wilderness retreat. A beautiful lodge, with picture-perfect views and a chance to detox. The place seems idyllic until the arrival of the person who ruined Bella’s life eighteen years ago threatening everything she’s worked for and will do anything to protect. A very enjoyable book that keeps you hooked to the end. Thank you to NetGalley, HQ and the author for the chance to review.

I enjoyed reading this book. It kept me guessing and was a solid read. Good pace, and good story. I would read more by this author.

I loved absolutely everything about this. I've never read anything by the author before but the blurb sounded right up my alley and I'm so glad I chose to read it.

I adore a locked room mystery and this was a fantastic example. The cast of characters were well fleshed out and felt like real people and the location was so atmospheric. I really enjoyed the writing style - I appreciated the level of detail in the descriptions which in my opinion really elevated this from a good book into a great one. I loved how as the reader you felt Bella's confusion and later, terror, and how you couldn't trust anyone. The ending was satisfying.

I would 100% recommend this book, easily one of the best I've read recently.