Brooke Hardwick
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In this spine-chilling gothic thriller, a woman on the brink travels to a remote writers’ retreat to uncover the secrets of her past and lands herself in a deadly situation that could destroy her future.
Kate arrives on the wild, remote island of Rathlin in the freezing Irish Channel for a ten-day writers’ retreat. Plagued by memories she can’t unravel and desperate to understand the breakdown of her marriage, Kate is determined to leave the retreat with answers.
As the retreat’s director uses techniques that tap into the eerie mythology of the island, Kate becomes increasingly fascinated by him and her surrounds. But when the temperature plummets and the strange therapy intensifies, her memories unspool. Triggered into a series of disturbing flashbacks, Kate realises her past hides a frightening truth, but can she trust her own mind?
Faced with dark secrets and duplicity, Kate must unlock the answers she’s so desperate to find – and survive the danger she has unwittingly walked into.
My Review
Thank you to net gallery for the advance copy to review.
Gripping. Couldn’t put it down. This is Brooke Hardwick’s debut novel and it blew me away.
The way the author as cleverly insert links between characters throughout, traversing the reader from one chapter to the next, it’s like watching scenes from a movie fade in and out then reconnect.
The suspense as you gasping for breath and hanging on the edge of your seat as events escalate out of control.
The evil of the characters is, dare I use the word ‘beautifully’ executed.
The final chapters brutally lift the reader our of the ‘Fog’ but with a unexpected and shocking twist.
The ending is a welcome slowing of pace and reaches a warming and gentle conclusion
