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Retreat

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25th March 2025

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Even for a con artist, Liz is about to take things way, way too far . . . The playful, twisty rollercoaster of a thriller for fans of How to Kill Your Family


‘Sexy, breakneck, full of surprises. A wild ride’ Mary Kubica

Liz has a knack for getting wealthy people to trust her – everyone thinks she’s an instant friend. She’s made a life for herself as a serial con artist, but Liz’s many identities and crimes are starting to snap at her heels. So she leaps at the chance to escape to the Mexican coast to decorate a socialite’s new villa, planning to behave herself for once.

But when Liz is mistaken for her absent employer, she just can’t help herself. Drawn into the dazzling seafront community, it’s not long before things go off the rails. And then Liz starts to wonder exactly why her doppelganger hasn’t come back to claim her glittering life . . .

Spoiler: it’s going to be carnage.

‘Try not to drop it in the pool at the jaw-dropping twist’ Ellery Lloyd
‘Razor-sharp’ Wendy Walker
‘A dynamite read’ Rachel Sargeant
‘Seductive and satisfying’ Vikki Patis

Reviews

RACHEL SARGEANT, author of THE PERFECT NEIGHBOURS
A sultry, shocking and sizzling tale of duplicity and desperation - a dynamite read
BLAKE CROUCH, author of DARK MATTER
Bonfire is a stone-cold stunner - the writing is dazzling
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PRAISE FOR KRYSTEN RITTER
ELLERY LLOYD, author of THE CLUB
Smart, sexy and wickedly fun: this is everything you want in a sun-drenched thriller. Ritter can really write - you'll race through Retreat in a day, rooting for its sparky anti-heroine (just try not to drop it in the pool at the jaw-dropping twist)
THE TIMES
Ritter has created an appealingly feisty yet vulnerable heroine . . . An excellent debut
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PRAISE FOR RETREAT
MARIE CLAIRE
An expertly plotted page-turner
GILLIAN FLYNN, author of GONE GIRL
A phenomenal, haunting debut
WENDY WALKER, author WHAT REMAINS
Razor-sharp and utterly shocking
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)
Actress Ritter makes a triumphant fiction debut with this pulse-pounding thriller featuring a sympathetic, broken lead character . . . Pitch-perfect
VIKKI PATIS, author of THE WAKE
Sun-soaked and razor-sharp, Retreat serves up women's wrongs in a seductive, satisfying fashion
RUTH WARE, author of ONE BY ONE
Dark, disturbing, and compulsively readable
POPSUGAR
Krysten Ritter made a name for herself by portraying some of the fiercest female characters in pop culture history. It should come as no surprise, then, that her debut novel carries that same level of strength and complexity on every single page
DAILY MAIL
Packed with suspense and moves at a cracking pace
MARY KUBICA, author of SHE'S NOT SORRY
Multitalented Krysten Ritter is back with a sexy, breakneck thriller that immerses readers in the sometimes-glamorous and sometimes-deadly life of a con artist. Full of surprises and edge-of-your-seat scenes, Retreat is a wild ride
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
A suspenseful, psychologically gripping story