The Castaways

A SECRET BEACH. A HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. WISH YOU WERE HERE? THINK AGAIN... 'We're tipping it as one of 2021's best reads' Marie Claire'Totally addictive, clever and atmospheric' Erin Kelly'Tense, unnerving and emotional' C. L. Taylor'Packed full of intrigue' Heidi Perks It should be like any other holiday. Beautiful beaches. Golden sunsets. Nothing for miles. You'll never want to leave.Until you can't... Gripping, twisty and full of sun-soaked atmosphere, THE CASTAWAYS will whisk you far away to the island – and never let you go. Everyone's talking about the hottest thriller for 2021: 'Wow... Beautifully paced, tense and twisty' B A Paris 'A beautifully written, emotional and intelligent thriller. Full of atmosphere and tension as well as brilliantly drawn characters that I cared about. I loved it!' Claire Douglas 'Wow wow wow! I've enjoyed The Castaways more than any book for years!' Netgalley reviewer 'The Castaways is a genuine page-turner – a taut, utterly compelling tale... *A major TV series starring Sheridan Smith with Paramount+* A SECRET BEACH. A HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. WISH YOU WERE HERE? THINK AGAIN... _______________________________________________ 'Totally addictive, clever and atmospheric' Erin Kelly 'Tense, unnerving and emotional' C. L. Taylor You wake on a beautiful, remote island. Sparkling blue seas, golden sunsets, barely a footprint in the sand. Yet this is no ordinary escape. Next to the wreck of a plane, a stranger paces. Another sharpens a knife, scoring a list of the dead onto a palm tree. Others watch from the shadows of a campfire – all with untold stories, and closely-guarded secrets... This is no ordinary holiday. This is no ordinary island. This is no ordinary beach read. Gripping, twisty and full of sun-soaked atmosphere, THE CASTAWAYS will whisk you far away to the island – and never let you go. Readers love getting swept away with Lucy Clarke's destination thrillers: 'Wow... Beautifully paced, tense and twisty' B A Paris 'A twisty, wonderful heartfelt story about sibling love, this is the author's best yet' Prima 'A beautifully written, emotional and intelligent thriller. Full of atmosphere and tension as well as brilliantly drawn characters that I cared about. I loved it!' Claire Douglas 'Wow wow wow! I've enjoyed The Castaways more than any book for years!' Netgalley reviewer 'The Castaways is a genuine page-turner – a taut, utterly compelling tale that will make you wonder just how far you'd be willing to go to find out the truth' T M Logan 'Fantastic thriller, full of twists and turns!' Netgalley reviewer 'I found this the perfect piece of escapism' Netgalley reviewer Lucy Clarke's book 'The Castaways' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 09-08-2021 The Gripping New Thriller From The Bestselling Author Of You Let Me In. A New Secret. A New Mystery. Erin And Lori Are Orphans - They've Lost Both Of Their Parents, And For A Long Time, They've Only Had Each Other. Until They Don't. On A Spontaneous Holiday To Fiji, Lori's Plane Crashes In The South Pacific And The Aircraft Is Never Recovered - Leaving Erin Broken And Grieving, But Also Looking For Answers. Five Years Later, The Pilot Of The Missing Plane Is Spotted. He's Claiming To Be The Sole Survivor Of The Crash, But Erin's Gut Tells Her That Something Isn't Right - Could Lori Have Survived Too? And So She Begins A Journey That Will Take Her To A Remote Fijian Island And A Scene Of Tragedy, Secrets, And Danger Between Strangers On An Island. And If Any Passengers Did Survive, The Question Lingers: Why Wouldn't They Want To Be Found? "Erin and Lori are orphans - they've lost both of their parents, and for a long time, they've only had each other. Until they don't. On a spontaneous holiday to Fiji, Lori's plane crashes in the South Pacific and the aircraft is never recovered - leaving Erin broken and grieving, but also looking for answers. Five years later, the pilot of the missing plane is spotted. He's claiming to be the sole survivor of the crash, but Erin's gut tells her that something isn't right - could Lori have survived too? And so she begins a journey that will take her to a remote Fijian island and a scene of tragedy, secrets, and danger between strangers on an island. And if any passengers did survive, the question lingers: why wouldn't they want to be found?"--Publisher