Four friends are on a skiing trip in the Alps – they’re all up for a weekend of fun away from their partners and responsibilities. One doesn’t make it out alive, leaving his widow and her long estranged friend to travel to collect the body. While Zoe, the widow is torn up with grief, Ivy, her friend, isn’t convinced this was an accident.

Good premise but too far fetched for me. Story had a good pace and a quick read but the plot was too unbelievable. Thank you to net galley and the publisher for an ARC

This was definitely a book I won't be forgetting soon, but I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing in this case. First of all this book was more of a drama than a thriller in many ways. There was constant focus on cheating scandals and baby drama that I wasn't expecting at all from the synopsis. I felt like I was almost ready a soap opera, which definitely made it super addicting, but in a "train-wreck" kind of way. Also I was more at a 3 with this until the ending. The fact that the murderer was driven crazy basically by not having a baby was such an overused and harmful stereotype to women. Women are often seen as these hormonal monsters who are obsessed with having a husband and child and that is their main goal in life. The ending of this definitely left a sour taste in my mouth over that.

I have mixed feelings because I can't help but compare this with My Perfect Friend. For starters, I had a hard time finishing MPF, it's a slow burn if there ever is one, but I was completely bamboozled at the end for I didn't see it coming. The Ski Trip, on the other hand, it had my complete attention right from the get go. I like the thrills and chills that led to the inevitable end. The sequence of events was well written, it captured my curiosity and had me suspect everyone. At some point, it did get predictable, towards the end it was even simpler. But when I really looked back to all of it, this was more diabolical. I've finished this like two weeks back and yet it still left me wondering.

Four friends, Julian, Rob, Harry, and Tom go on a ski trip. Their trip is cut tragically short when Tom falls suddenly to his death. It seems this is a tragic accident, but Tom was a very accomplished skier and the run they were on was supposedly safe.
Tom’s grieving widow, Zoe, begs her old friend at university, Ivy to accompany her to France to repatriate Tom’s body and offer moral support. The two women have not long rekindled their friendship after a torrid argument many years previously. Once in France, Ivy becomes suspicious of the circumstances surrounding Tom’s death and it becomes clear that Julian, Rob, and Harry all have something to hide. Will Zoe believe her and can she unearth what really happened?
The story is told from both different points of view and multiple timelines. Apart from the end, however, the story really drags and there is literally so little tension, that you cease to care what happens.
The most exciting feature is that there is a major and totally unexpected plot twist at the end.
My thanks to NetGalley, the publisher HQ Digital, and Sarah Clarke for letting me have an ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.

I loved the cover and was intrigued and eager to read this. However, I'm at the point now where I have more books available than I can ever get read, so I've become a little choosey. I'm grateful to Goodreads for the opportunity to choose for myself, but this just didn't make the five star list. In fact, I had a hard time maintaining interest. I did want to know if Tom's death was really accidental, but it took so long to find out.

2* Such an irritating plot revealed at the last minute. Waste of my time reading.

What was good about this tale was that it's set in England and written in British English, not American English. And that a traumatised 53yo woman who'd cut herself off from life for about 26 years, finally pulled up her big girl pants and found herself again, when she needed to, and that going forward, I could see her living again.

What wasn't good about it is how much of my time I wasted on this tale, which flashes constantly from the present to the past (2007-2008) and which ended with one of the biggest suspension-of-disbelief endings ever. I should have realised that Zoe begging Ivy to come with her had to have an ulterior motive. I should have not wasted my time with this, and then to find out that the 'victim', Ivy, was in fact a murderer and had gotten away with it, was an utter wtf??? moment.

I'd say avoid this, if you din't want to be so irritated that you might just want to chuck your phone or Kindle at the wall.

ARC courtesy of HQ and NetGalley, for my reading displeasure.

Wow! I did not see that coming. What a gripping book full of twists and turns. I read this book over the course of three days. I keep wanting to get back to it to solve the mystery. This one kept me on my toes. These college friends had a lot of secrets and some came out early like breadcrumbs leading up to the rest of the loaf. This book definitely broke through the mediocre suspense I have read recently. I will definitely be reading Ms. Clarke previous work. Well done!

This book was a quick read and the plot moved along which I really appreciate in thrillers. I did enjoy the book, but there were some far fetched twists at the end. Thank you for the opportunity to read this arc!

Such a clever and gripping story. Ivy has bit been in touch with her university friends for years until her best friend Zoe get back in touch and rekindles their friendship. She calls upon ivy for support when her husband Tom dies in a tragic ski accident in France. Ivy can’t understand why Zoe asked her to go with her to collect Tom’s body. After a tense few days where Ivy suspects the other members of the ski party the real reason becomes apparent. There were so many twists and turns but also a lot of grief with Zoe and Ivy having lost their fathers at a young age. I really warmed to Ivy’s Mum Linda she was so vulnerable and brave. Seeing her shift at the end of the novel really warmed my heart. I enjoyed all of the characters and and the secrets they held making many of them suspects in the accident. A throughly enjoyable read.

The ski trip is the first novel I read by Sarah Clarke. I love a good thriller and this novel did not disapoint.

The ski trip was supposed to be a get together with good friends,drinks and relaxing but sadly it made a nasty turn for the worst.
A husband accidently falls to his death but was it an accident? Or wasn't it?

This novel kept me on my toes. I couldn't put it down.

A holiday read - I enjoyed this and stayed up late to find out whodunnit. A group of uni friends back together on a ski trip when tragedy strikes. Everyone seems to be a suspect but local police are happy to close the case. As it is slowly revealed that there are histories with this ground and a lot of secrets. Zoe accompanies Ivy, the grieving widow to collect Tom's body from France, and doesn't want to let it rest, but she has quite complicated secrets at home and her mum is worried someone is following her and Zoe's 18 month old son. Another snowy mystery set during a storm which cuts them all off, but exactly what I needed - easy, fun and dark

This was a decent read but I felt it was just too, too, too over the top, and so unbelievable that the word silly springs to mind. Would someone with (or without) a baby really set off at a moment’s notice to spend time with ‘friends’ she’s barely seen in 15 years? I don’t think so. Too many lies, too many secrets, too many twists, and a plot that defies belief. Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for the advance copy but I’m sorry it wasn’t for me.

Although an intriguing read and some great twists and for me a good ending I really didn’t like the characters so made it more difficult to keep my concentration on the plot and be overly worried what happened to them all,atmospheric though and well written

I give this book 3.5 stars. Though this really only applies to the last part of the book. This is when things finally started to kick off and happen.

Zoe’s husband Tom has died on a skiing trip with his three friends, Julian, Rob and Harry. Tom was an accomplished skier so it makes no sense that it happened.
Ivy was best friends with Zoe throughout university, but they felt out massively many years ago. Having rekindled their friendship, Zoe begs Ivy to come with her to retrieve Tom and deal with the police investigation.

The potential for the plot is great and it should be a great read. But it just isn’t. There are so many characters and other than Ivy, none of them are remotely likeable or interesting. At one point I had the thought that I didn’t actually care what happened to Tom or why!

But, like I said, it picked up in the last part, even though it was kind of dragged out longer than it should have been and none of the unearthed secrets where that shocking or interesting really.
I loved the final chapter though, it was a fantastic plot twist.

Thank you to NetGalley and HQ for the ARC in return for an honest review.

3.5 Stars

Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for my ARC copy in exchange for my honest review.

This is a new author to me but the cover and title hooked me straight away so was eager to try it. It reminded me of The Chalet by Catherine Cooper.

The setting of the book was fantastic. Even though I've only been skiing once before, the descriptions and story came alive and brought me into the moment.

There were quite a few characters to follow but only 3 POV to start with. So some of the characters didn't feel as developed as the others.

I was intrigued as the story developed and some of the twists began to reveal themselves. I did feel that maybe there were too many by the end (the epilogue felt like it was only there for shock factor and didn't feel in keeping with the character). Also, a lot of the story and plot felt too convenient.

Overall, a decent thriller and I did enjoy it. I'll be checking out Sarah's other books too.

I loved the blurb of this book and was not disappointed!

Four old friends go on a skiing trip together but only 3 survive the weekend.

Ivy is living with her baby son, her university friends left in the past. Until she rekindles her friendship with Zoe, a friendship Ivy thought was irreparable after what happened at Zoe’s 21st birthday. So when Zoe turns up on Ivy’s doorstep with bad news, Ivy is compelled to help. But what has happened to Tom, Zoe’s husband and old uni pal of Ivy? And who is alive who knows the truth?

Loved this book, lots of twists and turns.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read and review.

The Ski Trip is a four star book. I love murder mysteries set in snowy scenes, so the author gets bonus points for that. It’s a twisty thriller straight through to the last chapter. Just when you suspect you know what’s happened, guess what? You don’t. A great read.
⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️

This was a brilliant read, a page turner that you can’t put down. The twists and turns were suspenseful and the ending was fantastic. The characters were great, the story was exciting and the style of writing was perfect. I have ready many books by this author and I have throughly enjoyed them all.. I can’t wait for the next one out. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys reading psychological thrillers.
Thank you netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this in exchange for a honest review.

The annual lads ski trip is looked forward to by three best friends, Tom, Rob and Julian. Like every year, there’s a lot of rivalry and boastfulness amongst the three, but this year the atmosphere is strained, not least due to an old friend, Harry, tagging along. Apart from seeing Tom occasionally, Harry has been out of the loop with the friends and his presence is not particularly welcome.

When Tom makes a fatal error on a run, the tragedy does not draw the friends any closer. Zoe, Tom’s wife, begs Ivy, another one of the old clique, to fly out to the resort to deal with the aftermath of the accident. Once there, things develop very quickly.

I like Sarah Clarke’s writing and thought My Perfect Friend was 5*. This one I didn’t feel was as good. Despite it being a quick read and fast paced, it somehow missed the mark for me. There are a few good, if outlandish twists and it was all neatly tied up, though not too predictable. The fact that any of these characters remained friends after so many years was implausible, as they were all pretty awful!

The first half of the book was more interesting than the second, but I did enjoy the Epilogue.

Thank you NetGalley and HQ.