Escape reality through pages that transport you to breathtaking yet dangerous locales. These four destination thrillers blend immersive settings with heart-stopping suspense, making you feel both traveler and detective. Pack your imagination for these literary journeys where location becomes as menacing as the villain.
Thrilling Vacation Reads
Retreat
9781408722817 | Sphere | TPB
Krysten Ritter
Even for a con artist, Liz is about to take things way, way too far . . .
Liz has always had a knack for charming people and gaining their trust. That”s what makes her such a talented con artist. But lately the pressure”s rising – Liz”s past crimes have started snapping at her heels. So she leaps at the chance to escape to the Mexican coast to decorate a socialite”s new villa, planning to lie low, enjoy paradise, and behave herself for once.
When Liz is mistaken for her absent employer, Isabelle, she can”t help getting drawn into this glamorous seafront community. But dangerous secrets lurk beneath the surface, and it”s not long before Liz realises that this time, she might be in over her head . . .
Spoiler: it”s going to be carnage.
The Retirement Plan
9781408733448 | Sphere | TPB
Sue Hincenbergs
Their husbands are driving them mad, and murder is on their minds . . . but the men have a plan of their own.
Pam, Nancy and Shalisa once imagined retirement would mean setting aside their worries, picking up their margaritas, and lying back in a hot tub. Right up until their husbands lost all their savings in a reckless investment.
Now, collecting their husbands” life insurance is starting to sound more appealing than growing old with them. But enlisting the help of the local barber/hitman isn’t merely the most daring thing the friends have ever done – it’s also where the trouble really begins.
Because they don’t realise their husbands have some tricks up their sleeves. And there’s no turning back now . . .
From the first laugh to the final twist, The Retirement Plan is full of characters who will steal your heart while plotting their dark deeds.
The Surf House
9780008639396 | HarperCollins | TPB
Lucy Clarke
Welcome to The Surf House
Where everyone’s escaping something…
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High on the cliffs of Morocco, far from the city lights and the souks, stands The Surf House: a sanctuary for travellers chasing sunshine and waves.
But the idyll hides a dark mystery.
And when Bea washes in, seeking refuge after a dangerous encounter in Marrakesh, she soon gets caught in the current.
A woman her age – who stayed in the same area, walked the same beaches, met the same guests – disappeared one year earlier, vanishing without trace.
Somewhere inside The Surf House lies the truth – but there’ll be a price for uncovering it…
The Girls’ Trip
9781399726627 | Hachette Books | TPB
Zoe Miller
It was a holiday she would never let them forget …
”She had it coming. So had the others.”
In 2007, four friends returned home from a week in Ibiza with secrets to keep. When they agreed never to contact each other again, all traces of their holiday were erased. Or so they thought.
Now, almost seventeen years after that trip, Anna”s sister Kim is still picking up the pieces after Anna abandoned her life without warning. Kim is sure that Anna”s unexplained departure had something to do with her visit to Ibiza. And when a photo from the trip surfaces unexpectedly, she finally has some clues to start looking into what happened to her sister.
Julia, Cora and Faye are forced to come together when they realise someone might be looking into the past. But how far will they go to bury the truth? And what”s to stop one of them from letting a ”friend” take the fall, in order to save herself?
