THE RETREAT
Mark Edwards
10th
May 2018
Published by Thomas & Mercer
Published by Thomas & Mercer
New
psychological thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of titles including
The Magpies, Follow You Home, and The Lucky Ones.
‘Written with such verb and wit it makes
multiple murder enormous fun’
– Sunday Mirror
'This is Mark Edwards' best one yet.
Twisty, turny, addictive reading.'
- Cass Green, Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author
of In A Cottage In The Wood and The Woman Next Door
of In A Cottage In The Wood and The Woman Next Door
BLURB:
Julia Marsh has spent the last two years grieving the tragic
accident that lead to her husband drowning before her eyes in a local river.
Her eight-year-old daughter Lily is still missing, presumed dead. Now living
alone, Julia finds herself unable to move on, convinced that Lily is still
alive. But as money runs out, Julia needs to find a way to keep hold of their
beautiful and secluded family home. She decides to open a writer’s retreat.
Lucas is a successful novelist suffering from writer’s block and
one of the first guests. He’s no stranger to personal tragedy and forms an
instant bond with his host, Julia. The longer he stays, the more a local legend
of the Red Widow, a fabled witch who kidnaps young girls, captures his
imagination. But as Lucas delves into details of these disappearances, and as
locals take more than a passing interest in his investigations, Lucas finds
himself at the center of a very real horror story. The retreat is harboring
secrets: all Lucas must do is separate the facts from the fiction before the ghosts
of this small town.
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Now, I’ve included the synopsis above my review so I’m not going to rewrite it in my own words. However, what I will tell you is that Mr. Edwards sticks to what he’s used to writing but strays a little bit with The Retreat. This book, while he wrote in a similar way, he was still able to give his readers something unique, something original. There was a large cast of characters but they all held their own and made an interesting addition to the story. I found that the closer I got to the ending the quicker my heart was pounding, the quicker I was flying through the pages. Adding in folklore and local myths from the town made the story super creepy and you wondered if there was a paranormal or ghost aspect to this story. I didn’t realize how invested I was until I had 10% left and I was devouring the last of it.
I received an ARC of this book with the hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that... my opinions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mark Edwards writes psychological thrillers in which terrifying things
happen to ordinary people. Mark’s first solo novel, The Magpies (2013), reached the No.1 spot on the Amazon UK Kindle
bestseller list, as did his third novel Because
She Loves Me (2014), and Follow Me
Home (2015). His previous novels, The
Devil’s Work (2016) and The Lucky
Ones (2017) were also published to great critical acclaim and commercial
success. He has also co-written various crime novels with Louise Voss such as Killing Cupid (2011) and The Blissfully Dead (2015). His titles
with Amazon Publishing have reached over a million readers.
Mark grew up on the south coast of England and started writing
in his twenties while working in a number of dead-end jobs. He lived in Tokyo
for a year, and is a great admirer of Japanese writers and horror films. Mark
lives near Wolverhamtpon, England, with his wife, their three children and a
ginger cat. The Retreat was strongly
inspired by local folklore and urban myths from Mark’s childhood and by his
daughter Poppy. When walking their dog in the woods, Poppy told Mark a story
about her friends arguing about whether a local legend was true or not. Poppy
and Mark would brainstorm ideas for the book on their daily walks, and Mark now
credits her as his co-writer and a budding author herself. www.markedwardsauthor.com
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