Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for the advance copy.

If you want an edge of your seats thriller, then this book is for you. It is absolutely wild as we follow Abi and Ben after picking up a couple with a baby following a broken down car. But all is not as it seems.

This was a really easy read that had me turning the pages.

I imagine this would make a brilliant movie.

An atmospheric, dark read set in deepest darkest Cornwall.
Loved every bit, fabulously written characters and a wonderful storyline that really keeps you on your toe's.
Thought i knew who was who and what there motive was, boy was i wrong.
Would give more than five stars if i could.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my early copy.

This was a tense thrilled with, literally, lots of twists and turns. It was really well written and kept me engrossed well into the small hours. I will certainly think twice before picking anyone up in my car and certainly not on a dark night!! I would thoroughly recommend this book. and will be looking for others by this author.

Chris Ewan is a master of taking an 'everyday' situation, applying a 'what if' onto it and then spinning events out to extreme lengths.
Going for a job interview late on a Friday evening at a hi tech building? What's the worst that could happen... he showed us in 'The Interview'.
Selling your house? Even if your estate agent can't make it and asks you to show the prospective buyer around yourself there's not much too worry about, right? 'The House Hunt' suggests otherwise in a big way.
And now with 'One Wrong Turn', CM Ewan takes what at first glance may seem an old horror/ crime trope of picking up a stranger and runs with it in a way that few other authors can.
Abi and Ben are driving home from a weekend break which has been cut short due to Ben's work commitments. There's an added tension going on beyond that...even if we're not quite sure what it is. That tension's ramped up when they take a wrong turn in the fog and almost hit a man flagging them down. Abi wants to keep driving. When they see a broken down car and a woman with a baby close by Ben insists they stop and help...
This is a fast moving, time constricted novel told from several perspectives which gradually reveal more about Ben and Abi's relationship and the background of their new passengers. If you have an aversion to multiple timeline stories this one is done in what I thought was a clever way: the 'then' is very recent events, the 'now' is constantly evolving and driven forward with a fierce action.
I really enjoyed House Hunt and The Interview and One Wrong Turn was very much in the spirit of those books and equally fast moving with well written twists and a set of characters you believe in and who ACT believably in circumstances that start out as every day and very quickly descend into nightmare territory.
Recommended!

One Wrong Turn was by in turns, fast, propulsive, claustrophobic and frightening.
I’m not allowed to drive but if I were I’d pick up a couple stranded by the road. Abi, was a great character whom elicited a lot of sympathy, Ben, her boyfriend was also empathetic.
Collette was an unexpected addition based on what we’re led to believe which is cleverly written. I just reviewed One Wrong Turn by C. M. Ewan. #OneWrongTurn #NetGalley
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This fast paced thriller kept me reading half the night! The action unravels at a quick pace, making it impossible to put down. I loved it! I highly recommend reading it.

Super intense thriller, that makes you wonder what you’d do in that situation?! Gripped me from the outset, and I couldn’t put it down, literally.

What an excellent nail biting read. A tense a gripping thriller. Thanks @netgalley for this book. Will look forward to more books by this author.

Two couples are trying to read their destination, but somehow their lives are intertwined. Ben and Abi are driving home when they see a broken down car. Samantha, Paul, and her baby Lila. They asked for a ride to the nearest hospital. Samantha and Paul are giving bad vibes and making* everyone uncomfortable. This is slow pacing and told in dual POV’s.

Prepare for a nail-biting journey through the pages of C.M. Ewan's 'One Wrong Turn.' From page one, the claustrophobic atmosphere and tense plot grabs you and never let's go.

'One Wrong Turn' has you on the edge of your seat, unable to resist just one more chapter. I devoured this unputdownable thriller in a matter of hours! I was utterly captivated by its constant twists and turns and revelations that left me slack-jawed!

Ewan's mastery of suspense ensures that 'One Wrong Turn' is a gripping read from start to finish, leaving you breathless and eager for more. A solid five-star rating for this electrifying 'up all night' thriller!

This gripped me from the beginning what would you do if you saw a car broken dowm in the middle of the fog would you stop and help them?
the characters abi and ben are easy too relate too whixh helps get involved in the story were a few twists i didnt see coming
definately worth the read

Thank you to NetGalley & Pan Macmillan for this ARC!

4.5 ⭐️ I absolutely loved this book. It’s taken me a few days to process my thoughts and feelings but overall, this book was a great read. The whole book is focused around 4 people inside a car, which I thought was unique in itself. Lots of twists, plenty of gore and murder. I, for one, was not able to guess where this book was going and I definitely never expected the ending that happened. Would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a suspense thriller! I couldn’t put it down 🤭

This is the very epitome of a page turner. I could not stop reading. Tense, claustrophobic and surprising in the best possible ways, I will be reading all Chris Ewan’s work!

This was a tense thrilled that hooked me in from the start. It really plays on your fears and vulnerability and is so well written! Makes me want to think twice about driving in the dark!

I thought that this was a pretty good read. A bit different to what I expected, with some twists along the way. Kept me guessing and overall I enjoyed it..

What a great read. I couldn't put it down. Thank you for the opportunity to review. A 4 star read from me

C.M McEwan is one of my favourite authors, so I was super excited to read this new book.
It certainly didn’t disappoint and I loved this tense and atmospheric thriller. I was quickly drawn into the plot and raced to the end. It’s definitely one of my favourite books by this author.

I've had mixed experiences with CM Ewan's thrillers so far: I thought both The Interview and The House Hunt were incredibly silly, but loved A Window Breaks. Luckily, One Wrong Turn, his latest, is much more like A Window Breaks, which makes me think that his strength lies not in spinning out plot but in writing real-time crisis situations, as both those books take place across a matter of hours. In One Wrong Turn, Ben and Abi are driving home from a holiday in Cornwall cut short: it's a dark foggy night, and Abi loses her way. On the deserted country road, they spot a broken-down car, and a woman with a baby carrier who needs help - but should they stop for her? The twists in this one are easily guessable, but that didn't bother me one bit - I was glad Ewan didn't try and add anything too unbelievable. It's gripping throughout, the dark and the mist are evocative, and we also get another of my favourite thriller settings - the isolated petrol station! Love a driving thriller, and I'd definitely recommend this one, alongside Noelle W. Ihli's Run on Red and Riley Sager's Survive the Night.

Abi and her boyfriend Ben are on their way home after a weekend getaway. On their way there they spot a couple who appear to be stranded on the side on the road due to car troubles. Ben is willing to be their knight in shining armor, stopping and offering them assistance. Abi, however, is a little more hesitant until she spots the woman holding a car seat. Begrudgingly, Abi decides to let these strangers into her car despite the gnawing feeling of unease she is experiencing.
With tensions high and her unease increasing, Abi can't help but feel that she made the worst decision of her life by letting these strangers into her car.

One Wrong Turn was a suspenseful, tense, unputdownable, atmospheric and binge worthy book. I flew through this in less than twenty-four hours. Immediately I got a sense of foreboding; you know something is wrong, but you can't quite put your finger on it. The way the story unfolded was nothing short of thrilling and the way the author builds up the tension was captivating. Told from three different perspectives and dual timelines, I was able to get a better sense of who our characters were and exactly what they were hiding. They were several twists and turns along the way, making for an even more exhilarating read that I couldn't look away from.

This book was everything I want in a thriller. The pacing was excellent, there was no unnecessary family or relationship drama, the flashbacks were short, quick and to the point, skillfully leading up to the present and the ensuing chaos. The characters were well written and developed, something that I always look for in all my reads.
Overall, a highly enjoyable psychological thriller that has left me intrigued about this author and their other work. A well-deserved five-star rating from me.

Thank you to Netgalley, Pan Macmillan and C.M Ewan for my eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.
Pub Date: July 18th, 2024

I flew through this in a day but mainly because I just wasn't sure what I was reading! It starts off very normal and then this tension starts building where you know something is wrong but you have no idea what..... and the more nothing wrong actually happens the more wrong it all feels!! Once things start clicking into place then the pace speeds up and the plot really progresses and blossoms into a really enjoyable thriller