WOW WOW WOW - gripped from the very first chapter. A destination thriller covering dual timelines. A trio of women intrinsically linked by their pasts - an event that changed their lives forever!

Do you believe in coincidences!? The truth will always work its way to the surface. Completely jaw dropping and unable to second guess!

377 pages of pure brilliance. I held my breath the whole way through - completely hooked and totally binge worthy! An easy 5 stars from me!!

Perfect for those who enjoy:
- Perfect beach reading fiction
- Heart in your mouth storylines
- Stay up all night addictive reading
- Can’t read fast enough fiction

With thanks to Random House UK, Transworld Publishers, Bantam and Netgalley for an ARC copy in return for an honest review.

A tragedy from the past links Kate, Camilla and Darcy, 3 women who would never normally have been friends. Darcy invites them on her 'divorce holiday' to the Maldives, a chance for some well needed relaxation.
Jade is on her honeymoon with husband Rob, but he's a changed man and she fears for her marriage, a meeting with Kate gives her the strength to act on her fears.
I love the gothic books by C J Cooke and didn't realise this book was also by her. As a 'debut' thriller it was spot on, the characters were fully dimensional and their responses were realistic. There were characters you love to hate and plenty of shocks and surprises along the way. The description of the setting in the maldives was perfect.
It's fair to say this book is a massive winner in my eyes, I couldn't put it down and raced through it.

I really enjoyed this book, it really kept me guessing and was the perfect whodunnit. I loved the Maldives setting and could really imagine all of the characters personalities.

My only tiny downside was there was a lot of characters and I did keep getting them mixed up at the beginning. Overall, a really enjoyable read that I’m sure will be a summer hit.

It's a girls trip to the Maldives and celebrations are in order. Darcy's divorce to control freak Jacob has been finalised and to celebrate she has bought along three friends.. As the drinks flow and sunscreen applied, secrets and horrors are revealed.
Darcy, Kate and Camilla are friends united by a massacre that occurred 22 years ago at a Dover guest house where six young people were murdered. Kate was the only survivor while Camila's twin brother perished. As the ladies start their holiday they meet a young couple of newlyweds, Jade and Rob ,only it become quickly apparent that theirs is not a marriage made in heaven but rather a case of domestic abuse. Soon both parties will become intertwined and the real story of what happened all those years ago will be discovered.
This is a well thought out murder mystery,with a great twist I didn't see coming. A great summer read.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this.

Bad Tourists by Caro Carver is an absolutely stunning book! I adore C.J. Cooke's gothic thrillers and I love a murder mystery so as soon as I heard Bad Tourists was coming out it went straight on my wish list.

The book follows three friends Darcy, Camilla and Kate on their luxury holiday to the Maldives to celebrate Darcy's recent divorce. The friends are bound together by a traumatic shared past which they are all keen to leave behind... Or so it seems. Be prepared for twists and turns in an ingenious, murderous revenge plot.

The other books I've read by the same author have been very clever so I had high hopes for this one, and they were exceeded and then smashed!! The plot is compelling and gripping. C.J. Cooke only writes strong, interesting, and complex female characters and Bad Tourists continues the pattern. Ultimately all of the women in the book are angry and therefore we end up with a sort of meditation on female rage, it brings up provocative questions about why we believe certain actions by women are unbelievable. Although this book is the perfect beach read it is so much more!

Bad Tourists is a compelling and superior ‘destination’ thriller with plenty of twists that I could not put down.
The novel starts in a guesthouse in Dover in 2001 and then moves forward to 22 years later when three friends- Kate, Camilla and Darcy- set off for a trip to the Maldives. The friends met on a Facebook support group supporting bereaved relatives of a guesthouse massacre, Kate is a survivor of the massacre and Camilla’s brother and Darcy’s boyfriend were both murdered.
What I really loved about Bad Tourists is its original take on this genre of thriller and the twists which were so completely unexpected. I had my suspicions about various characters throughout the novel but the plot went in a direction I did not expect. The characters were well drawn, I loved the setting and overall this was a gripping and enjoyable read. Recommended.
Many thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this digital ARC,

Fast paced, thrilling with likeable characters. This is not my usual genre but I’m gradually dipping my toe in and I must say this does the whole genre complete justice. Added to my favourite authors list!

Wow! I loved this book. A great plot set in the Maldives, I've been lucky enough to visit and I could picture the locations.
The characters were brilliant and the ending did the whole thing justice.

I absolutely loved this book.

Fast paced, and incredibly gripping, with one hell of a twist. This is THE perfect holiday read

All I can say is wow. What a wild ride.

The story starts in an old guesthouse many years ago. The scene is terrifying.

The story jumps into the present where 3 friends Darcey, Camilla & Kate are heading to the stunning Maldives to celebrate Darcey’s long drawn out stressful divorce.

The book is narrated by the 3 ladies and also Jade, a young bride on her honeymoon with her older husband Rob, a dangerous character with a shady past.

The book is deliciously good. I couldn’t put it down. The writing flowed so easily. I don’t want to give any details in case I spoil it but it’s a 4 star read. It’s so good

Darcy, recently divorced, pays with her divorce settlement for two friends to go on a luxury holiday to the Maldives . These three friends met as a consequence of a horrific spree of murders at a hotel. Kate witnessed the murders whilst staying there, Camilla’s brother was murdered and Darcy’ boyfriend was killed. They met through a social media group about the murders and bonded. This should have been a dream holiday. In normal circumstances what is there not to like about a luxury holiday in the Maldives but what unfolds is far from the dream holiday…

The things I enjoyed about this book:
*Exotic location
*Destination thriller
*Relationship dynamics between the three friends
*Prologue which sets the scene for the book and intrigued me
*Unique plot with lots of twists and turns
*Good ending to the book. Some books leave the reader with unanswered questions
*Authors notes giving the inspiration for the book

I definitely recommend this if you are looking for a unique thriller with interesting characters set in an exotic location.

Trigger warning – includes domestic abuse

This book was so twisty and engaging, I read it in just 2 sittings. It is the story of 3 friends who are tied together from a 20+ year old tragedy-
Darcy is going through a divorce and invites Camilla and Kate to join her on a trip to the Maldives.. On the trip, they meet Jade, who is on her honeymoon but she is unhappy and her husband is an abusive man who is 20 years older than her. But everything is not as it seems.

I loved how the book opens on a scene where 20 year old Kate has discovered that everyone in the Guesthouse she is staying in has been murdered. It really hooks you from the very beginning. There are multiple mysteries going on through the book and many POV's but it never gets confusing. The twist was great and unexpected, in a way that makes sense.

It also feels like classic CJ Cooke with her amazing atmospheric writing, making you feel like you are right there in the Maldives with the girls.

I appreciate the offer to read this story. It started out interesting with one survivor from a horrible massacre. Fast forward and three people linked to the massacre become friends and go on a divorce holiday.

From there it felt quite slow. It would have been better if Rob recognised Darcy and it went from there. I had a feeling who the killer was mid storyline and I was just waiting to get to the end,

Written well, not very suspenseful. The title doesn’t really match the story.

Three women go on an exotic holiday to celebrate the divorce of one them but murder lies ahead…………this is a great summer read, you might guess the twist but it’s so good you won’t care until it’s confirmed and then the action REALLY starts!! Cleverer than most recent attempts at ‘murder on an island’ books.
With thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an early copy in exchange for an independent review.

Darcy is newly divorced and celebrates this by taking 2 of her friends on a trip to the Maldives all paid for by her. A dream getaway, right?
Each woman has a reason to be on the trip and all have their secrets, as do other people at the resort. A body is found on the beach, but who is it? And will someone else be next?
This was so fast paced, I had to hold myself down while reading. A story of friendship, loyalty and lies.
Different mysteries are happening to different characters that all weave together, leaving nothing to question. The authors vivid descriptions make you feel like you’re in the Maldives along with them. So many twists and turns with an ending I never saw coming that I’m still shook by.
The perfect Summer thriller that I’ll be thinking about for a while! LOVED it!
Out 4th July – mark in your diaries!
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK for the ecopy in exchange for an honest review.

Three friends of not really longstanding go to the Maldives to celebrate Darcy’s divorce. The thing they have in common is a 22 year old murder at Spinnaker Guesthouse. Darcy’s boyfiend and Camilla’s twin brother died and Kate, arriving late at the guesthouse, survived. The trip to the Maldives also coincided with the anniversary of the murder. A man was charged and sent to prison but died soon afterwards. Kate who suffered with survivor guilt found life tough and decided to be with Darcy and Camilla may help her heal. The story had resurfaced in the papers and they decided to meet. The girls are so different, Darcy a mom and soon to be a divorcee, Camilla an influencer and pilates instructor on youtube etc. Then there is Kate who lives a small life full of anxiety. The trip is planned and off they go to heal. They arrive and settle into the Sapphire Island Resort which is amazing and then things become a catalogue of dramas. Another couple on their honeymoon join the mix of characters. Jade is being abused by her husband and turns to them for comfort which Rob does not like and his temper comes into the mix. Kate is beginning to relax until 6 red roses arrive. She has received these flowers every year since the tragedy. How did the person know where she is? The book continues at a fast pace and I loved it. The characters are very different but you could take to each of them in their own way. What I will say is that the ending – well I was not expecting that at all. Fab read

An absolutely brilliant thriller with loads of secrets, lies and deceit. It's impossible to know who to trust. The perfect escape read. Highly recommended xx

The sole survivor of a horrific massacre for reasons she cannot understand, Briony Conley changes her name to Kate Miller in an effort to put the past behind her, but healing is hard to come by.

She finds a measure of it by establishing a relationship with others who have experienced devastating losses as a result of that massacre, where her friend Darcy lost her first love Elijah, and Camilla lost her twin brother, Cameron.

Now the three of them are heading for a resort holiday to escape the anniversary of the horrific killings and to celebrate Darcy's recent divorce from her wealthy tech entrepreneur husband, with whom she is in an ongoing custody battle over her three sons.

Except that none of these women is being entirely transparent about their motives wrt this trip, because the suspected second killer (whose existence was never proved or taken seriously by the police) may still be on the loose - and only one of them has potential information about his identity...

This story is dark! And it doesn't stop with the massacre itself. Trigger warnings for domestic violence and cruelty. Cleverly written, with plenty of surprises, unpleasant and otherwise. Strap in for a gripping read. It gets 3.5 stars.

Three women go on an exotic holiday to celebrate the divorce of one of the women, but disaster lies ahead. However, there’s a lot more than the usual hen party group dynamics at play in this psychological thriller. Be prepared for a bloodbath or two, suppressed trauma, domestic abuse, murders, a troubled twelve-year-old, a software breach, a custody battle and psychopathy. The action really hots up in the second half.
With thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an early copy in exchange for an independent review.

A dark and bloody thriller set in the Maldives. The female characters were quite well written, I liked the twists though the narrative was sluggish til the final third and the setting beautiful. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the arc.