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The Island

On sale

17th May 2022

Price: £8.99

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9781409189664

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“IRRESISTIBLE AND PULSE-POUNDING” Karin Slaughter
“A TENSE, PACY PAGE-TURNER” GUARDIAN
“BRILLIANT AND RELENTLESS” Don Winslow

The unmissable new thriller from the bestselling author of THE CHAIN.

YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE CAPABLE OF UNTIL THEY COME FOR YOUR FAMILY.

After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they’re deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom.

When they discover a remote Dutch Island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram. But as soon as they set foot on the island, which is run by a tightly knit clan of locals, everything feels wrong. Then a shocking accident propels the Baxters from an unsettling situation into an absolute nightmare.

When Heather and the kids are separated from Tom, they are forced to escape alone, seconds ahead of their pursuers. Now it’s up to Heather to save herself and the kids, even though they don’t trust her, the harsh bushland is filled with danger, and the locals want her dead.

Heather has been underestimated her entire life, but she knows that only she can bring her family home again and become the mother the children desperately need, even if it means doing the unthinkable to keep them all alive.

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Reviews

STEVE CAVANAGH
A haunting masterpiece
M.J. ARLIDGE
A pulsating, nerve-shredding thriller. I loved it!
Kirkus Reviews
Exciting . . . Pulls readers compulsively onward
Booklist (starred review)
Expertly choreographed and breathlessly exciting . . . both the peril and the family are like no other. The Chain was McKinty's breakthrough novel and this one could be every bit as big.
Paul Finch
Exquisite prose at blistering pace. McKinty strikes again. Absolutely riveting.
T.J. NEWMAN
Extraordinary
KARIN SLAUGHTER
Heart-stoppingly tense and unpredictable, The Island twists a family vacation to a nightmarish breaking point. Adrian McKinty has written another irresistible and pulse-pounding thriller about the surprising places evil hides and just how far we'll go for those we love.
JAMES SWALLOW
McKinty delivers another skillful, blade-sharp page-turner.
DON WINSLOW
Unforgettable
SARAH PEARSE, Bestselling author of THE SANATORIUM
Wow, this book left me breathless and on the edge of my seat from the very first page-this is thriller writing of a high order. Gripping and unpredictable, prepare to be hooked and pumped full of adrenaline as McKinty deftly weaves a compulsively readable plot with characters that you are rooting for. No one does high- stakes tension like McKinty. Put The Island at the top of your TBR-you won't regret it.
Sydney Morning Herald
With more than a touch of the gothic, this seat-of-the-pants ride sees an Australian woman bring her American family to an island off the Victorian coast. But a fatal road accident leaves them falling foul of the Deliverance-like family that rules the island and in a battle for survival. (Top 10 Books You Should Read in June)
Guardian
The Baxters fight for survival in this tense, pacy page-turner from the author of The Chain.