Note to self: <s>don’t go on a hen weekend to Marbella</s>
Don’t go on Hen weekends full stop.

A twisty thriller told across dual timelines + multiple POVs it’s bound to be a summer beach read hit!
Thank you to Random House UK, Cornerstone, Penguin + NetGalley for the ARC

The blurb of this book sounded great. A group of 5 hens go to Marbella for the ultimate hen do but only 4 return. 3 years later a 1 of the hens arranges for the the remains 4 hens to return and secretly relive the weekend to help them solve the murder. Someone in Marbella doesn’t want them to keep digging around and sends them a threatening message!

I love a good murder mystery and I really enjoyed the majority of the book right up until the last few chapters. I couldn’t put it down to begin with it was a real page turner. To say I was disappointed by the ending would be an understatement. It totally fell flat and the big reveal was wishy washy and highly disappointing. I just don’t feel like this book ended and I keep thinking I need to finish it then realise it did actually end.

Like I say I did enjoy this book so do give it a read you may appreciate the ending more than I did! It’s definitely a book more about the journey rather than a mystery!

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for this digital arc.

Although I did not like the characters in this book, I found that I had to keep reading to find out what really happened on the final night of the Hen do. It was well written and I read it quickly. Ideal for the summer around a pool but maybe not for Hen parties!
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK for the advance copy of this book.

I hadn't read this author b4 and so glad I have. Page turner from the beginning. Characters are well written.

This book gripped me from the start ! I was initially intrigued by the premise & this really lived up to my expectations !

I wasn't sure who was to blame throughout as everyone had their own mystery. I definitely was not expecting the outcome & I was pleasantly surprised.

The characters were all fantastic & well written. I thought each had a great depth to them & loved each of their perspectives. I’m not sure why we switched from first person to third for different characters, this was a little strange but didn’t take away from my reading experience.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book & highly recommend !

Holiday themed thrillers are definitely my favourite genre!

Really enjoyed this one - the characters were mostly likeable even though they all made some irritating choices throughout.

I was sufficiently surprised by the ending as i thought I knew from the beginning who was responsible for Aoife’s death, but I was wrong.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

Oh. My. What did I just read?!?!?

You might know by now that I am always all in with any book that follows a group of people on an occasion but this book steps it up a notch, as we open with the ultimate in setting the scene- a group of girls arriving to a holiday destination to find some have been duped.

There’s a now and then aspect as we follow these girls- now in the aftermath of, let’s call it ‘Something Huge’ as they return to the scene of an awful crime and then as they navigate everyday and not so everyday tensions of a hen party (I LOVE thrillers at hen parties!!!!!)

It’s fab that as you get viewpoints-you begin to like people you had been led to believe were awful and vice versa. One of the friendships properly surrounded me, and made me love two characters so much!

Actually all the characters, from the hens to the surrounding cast of sometimes insanely unsavoury characters, were perfect, as was the settings, the tension, the storylines… all of it. Basically this is a book I LIVED for and was actually gutted when I reached the end (which was just an incredible ending). So recommended and a book I’ll be buying for a few people. Thanks to the publisher for the advance copy of this book.

This is a great read for while on holiday! I love reading a thriller every now and again and this one didn’t disappoint. Loved the little plot twists and turns. Once I got settled in, I wanted to keep reading to find out what happened next!

This was such a good little thriller! It was fast paced and full of twists and the way the story unfolded slowly kept me on the edge of my seat. The setting was great (a villa in Marbella) and the plot was really clever. The ending was also really shocking and I didn’t guess how everything would come together! Perfect for any thriller lover!

Three years after the bride to be is murdered on her hen party the other hens return to Marbella for the anniversary of her death. This is a dual timeline, multi POV thriller. The hens don’t have great connections with each other and as the weekend goes on the fissures between the group become ever wider. Fast paced thriller with (for me) an unexpected ending. I was in Spain when I read this which added an extra dimension. A great holiday read. Recommended.

Synopsis: Three years ago, bride-to-be Aoife died at her own hen party. Now the hens have returned to the villa where that terrible weekend unfolded. They long for closure. But the moment they step back inside, old wounds open and tensions begin to rise. Who is keeping secrets? And how far will they go to keep them hidden.

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I was in need of a decent thriller and this ticked all the boxes! This was fast paced filled with secrets. I liked the multiple POV and past to present chapters, feels like you are submersed in the story and slowly unravelling the answer.

If you like a destination thriller, unsolved murder mystery with a dual timeline, pick this one up!

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House, Cornerstone for my eARC.

Aoife and her friends head to Spain for her hen party. It all ends in disaster when Aoife ends up dead. Dani has to rely on what the other hens say happen as she has no memory from that evening. Three years on, Dani takes the other girls back to the villa in order to restore her memory and find out what really happened. But someone doesn't want them to know.
From the first page, I was invested. It was a fast-paced thriller filled with secrets and lots of twists. The story is told from multiple POVs and also jumps from past to present. It all comes together to build a brilliantly thrilling read. This is my first from this author, and I'm very excited to read more of her work.

Aoife’s hens return to the same villa where their friend and loved one died three years ago. Still not quite able to understand what happened during that life-changing (and life ending) weekend, they hope to find a degree of closure. But with radically different versions of what happened, who’s keeping secrets and why?

A hen do ends with murder of the bride to be, Aoife. For the third anniversary the friends are headed back to Marbella to stay in the same villa. Dani, Aoifes best friend is stuck she wants to bring the past back to life. History to piece together alongside complex friendships. Deja Vu. Flashbacks. & nightmares. Toxicity. Secrets. &lies. Are they tempting fate?

Will keep you gripped right till the end!

Perfect read for those who enjoy:
- Destination thrillers
- Dual timelines
- Unsolved murder mystery
- Secret connections

Three years ago, five friends were on a hen party in Marbella, except the bride to be; Aoife, never made it down the aisle. Her best friend Dani has no recollection of the events.

On the third anniversary of her death, Dani arranges for the friends to revisit Marbella to piece together what actually happened.

Using a then and now narrative mainly from Dani, however we hear from the other friends too and realise that maybe the friends aren't that at all.

The then timeliness help capture some of the carnage that can happen on a hen do! I didn't really like any of the characters but still read on to find who did it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my eARC in return for an honest review.

Enjoyed this a lot and really struggled to put it down!! Will definitely be recommending to my friends

Aoife died at her hen party weekend. Three years later the hen party return to the villa where it happened. Dani craves closure as she cannot remember everything that happened that fateful night. As soon as they arrive old wounds open and they all have different versions of what happened. Secrets are being kept and how far will they go to keep the secrets buried.

This has me intrigued from the off. It’s set in a dual timeline with several characters relaying the events but it doesn’t get confusing like some multiple pov character chapters. A couple of the hens characters I found annoying but overall the characters are likeable. The storyline itself is great but I did at times feel de ja vu moments. This is a decent thriller and it does have a few red herrings in regard to the how Aoife died. When it finally reveals that fateful night I did partially guess but it was a great ending and I look forward to reading more by this author.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book - it was really well written and I raced through it to find out what was happening. Interesting location although I’ve never been there and interesting relationships between the women. Recommended

This one was a great read! Enjoyed it so much from start to finish. The characters were incredibly believable and the storyline had me hooked. A real page-turner...

The hen night from hell! Four friends revisit it he Marbella villa where three years ago the bride to be was found dead on the last night. Retracing their steps it soon becomes clear that everyone has a secret!