This book was one of the best I read recently. It's a real page turner - full of suspense and twists. Highly recommended for fans of this genre - you won't be disappointed!!

It was quite a fast paced book, it was suspenseful from the beginning. It was a little too fast for me however, I struggled to keep up with the back and forth between the different POV's, it would've better if it had a little bit of a slower start but I do understand it builds the suspense and the plot so that's definitely just a personal preference, nothing bad against the book. I do recommend it if you enjoy a fast past thriller.

One Wrong Turn was a fast-paced, action-packed read which I found to be very easy to read start to finish!

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

Abi and Ben are driving home and take a wrong turn. The weather is appalling, and they come across a couple with a baby who seemed to have broken down and need their help. But the couple start to come across as shady and not as vulnerable as they seemed.

This was a real page turner. And it was wonderful to read how this story transpired. The characters were well written, and I especially like Abi and Ben, who came across well and like good, decent people, even though they had their own troubles to deal with. The storyline offered everything you could ask for. It had the right mix of suspense and intrigue, as well as being fast paced and completely gripping. This was one of my favourite reads this year, the author never fails to write a good, gritty, story full of twists and turns.

A fast heart-racing read. The tension does not let up at all and you will find yourself stopping all other activities to read on. I was lucky and was able to read it all whilst on a ferry journey. However the sea was a bit choppy which added to the tension.
I have enjoyed other books by this author and all been good.

This book was absolutely brilliant and one of the best I've read in ages.. it's utterly gripping from start to finish and I just could not put it down. Ability and Ben are travelling home from a break only to take a wrong turn in bad weather. Seeing a young couple with a baby who have broken down, they agree to help them and that's when the problems begin as all is not what it seems. I found this story really tense.

I for one won't be picking anyone up at the side of the road after reading this.

Buckle your seat belt and strap yourself in for a well written, fast paced, edge of the seat thriller that will keep you hooked from the start to the end.

Highly recommended!

Abi and Ben take a wrong turn and encounter a couple with a baby who have broken down and need assistance. The woman is injured, and they agree to drive the family to the hospital. However, the real question is: are these strangers as vulnerable as they seem?

This book is a wild ride! Fast-paced, gripping, and suspenseful, it kept me on the edge of my seat with each page I turned. The tension is palpable, making it impossible to put down. I felt the fear and anxiety vividly, with my heart racing throughout. It’s a thrilling read that keeps you holding your breath until the very end.

An excellent and exhilarating read—highly recommended!

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Everyone MUST read this book! I was hooked from the get go and I cannot recommend it enough, I was so engrossed and wanted no one to talk to me and not to be an adult and go to work until after I’d finished!

This was gripping from the beginning right to the very end. The story flowed really well and whilst it was one of those situations that rarely if ever happens to an average person it was still a fantastic story. I felt a series of emotions all the way through, gasped in places and begged characters to run that bit faster or to hide that little bit better. A very well written book full of suspense.

One Wrong Turn by author C.M. Ewan was a gripping and interesting read.

We follow couple Abi and Ben, who are driving home and arguing when they come across a man who appears to be waving them down, Ben wants to stop but Abi doesn't but when they stumble upon a woman and child further down they do decide to help the family.

Things are not as they seem and its not the best decision that Ben and Abi have made.

This was a gripping and thrilling novel and I really could not put it down. Fast paced, with good and likeable characters this novel will have the reader on the edge of the seat and fully immersed in this novel.

Thanks to Netgalley, the author and publishers for allowing me an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Firstly never pick a stranger up , you just never know what will happen . Abbie and Ben are travelling late and in the fog when they see a broken down car with a couple and a baby stranded on the roadside. When they offer their assistance a whole chain of events occur that puts them all in danger. This was a very fast paced atmospheric read which will have you gripped from start to finish . The short chapters keep you reading and although the whole event takes place over a few hours it seems like a long time ,as I’m sure it did to Abbie and Ben. It’s action packed and slowly we the reader are enlightened to what it’s all about. I enjoyed this as a quick read but my only criticism is that it was slightly repetitive especially in the middle . Overall a good read with a satisfactory ending.

Thanks first must go to the publisher, Netgalley and C.M Ewan for the ARC of One Wrong Turn.

I’ve been a firm follower of Chris for a number of years now & each new release is more gripping than the last! This one has multiple twists & I couldn’t stop reading it because I was desperate to know the ending.

Well written, gripping and brilliant!!

Absolutely loved this book. From the first page it had me hooked. It was very fast paced. So many twists and turns you could never get bored. It literally had me on the edge of my chair. The plot was well thought out and put together. Great characters that went well. Shame it had to end

Ben and Abi are returning home after a few days away because Ben has to go into work. Abi had hoped this time away would help her troubled marriage, but after taking a wrong turn in the fog a man tries to flag them down , they carry on but shortly after see a broken down car by the road with a woman and a baby in a car seat standing besides it. They stop and the couple ,Paul and his wife along with the baby get in the car and ask to be taken to a Hospital on the way back, the Hospital is closed so they carry on their way home. Abi decides they need to get petrol so they go to a petrol station .This is where things take a turn for the worse as Paul has a gun , Abi shouts for Ben to run as he approaches the car from the kiosk , he does but Paul shoots him and they force Abi to continue under threat of the gun.Things then take a dramatic twist as things with the people they picked up are not as they seem .

Ben and Abi travel home late one night in foggy conditions. They've argued, and Abi is upset and doesn't want to drive in such inclement weather. They miss turning and fall into a dark adventure of danger and deceit. The author creates a claustrophobic and toxic ethos from the outset, intensifying with each event and flashback to the past. The cast list is minimal, predominately Ben and Abi and Samantha and Paul, but the compelling plot draws you into their lives, and it's like falling down a dark well. Immersive, intense and intriguing, the plot unfolds with each reveal from observation or past narrative, perfectly planned to inform and ramp up the suspense. I like the dark mystery that unfolds, mirrored by the dark, foggy night, the characterisation and the atmospheric setting. It's a compelling and exhausting read.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher.

This book was excellent and seriously so suspenseful with plenty of twists and turns all the way through. I couldn’t put it down at all, what a page turner!! The characters are great, the story is so fast paced along with a brilliant ending. The style of writing is perfect.
I have read other books by this author and I have enjoyed them all.. can’t wait for the next one to come out. I would recommend this and its author to anyone that likes reading psychological thrillers.
Thank you netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for a honest review.

C.M. Ewan’s One Wrong Turn is a taut thrill ride from beginning to end. That question about ‘would you stop?’ had me screaming no, even before the action took place. Caught in a dense Cornwall fog, Abi and Ben are already tense and not really speaking to each other because they’ve had to cut short a holiday weekend and the roads are just horrible. Abi’s driving and she barely see in front of her. Her every instinct tells her to keep driving when they come across a man in the road. So, she keeps on driving even though Ben wants to stop. But then they see a car in the road with a woman and a baby seat and Abi knows she can’t leave them stranded. So they pick up Smantha, baby Lila and thye man, who running up to the car, turns out to the father, Paul.

Thus begins a truly terrifying ride. The couple they have picked up are reluctant to volunteer information about themselves and Abi finds that strange. But Ben chats away, oblivious to anything wrong, sharing information about himself and Abi without noticing that the atmosphere is quite strained.

Abi’s instincts are soon proved right and in a ride that proves to be adrenaline fuelled and strewn with danger, it soon transpires that nothing this couple have said about themselves can be taken at face value.

C.M. Ewan’s writing is filled with twists and is redolent with atmosphere and the tension that comes from knowing that danger is lurking but not quite where it is coming from or why.

The chapters switch between timelines, with Abi and Ben’s weekend playing out at as we watch them trying to work out what has left Paul and Samantha in such a jangly state.

Paul and Samantha seem to be at odds, yet both are clearly really terrified about being seen by anyone else on the road. Samantha seems to be signalling to Abi that something is very wrong, but Ben doesn’t see it and when Abi stops for petrol, she tries to get Samantha on her own.

Events spiral and there are several heart stopping moments during which a great deal goes wrong. Ewan writes in short sharp chapters which aids the building of tension and a whole heap of unpredictability.

Abi and Ben’s own relationship is well portrayed and you relate very easily to Abi who just wants to get home with as little fuss as possible. The couple’s own difficulties impede their ability to communicate well with each other so that by the time Ben realises that Abi has a point about their passengers it is way too late.

The tension keeps building and inside the car it feels claustrophobic and intense, with danger hovering but with neither Ben nor Abi understanding quite what is going on. As a reader you are caught up in the danger and as the plot thickens and becomes riddles with very real danger, everything spirals out of control.

One Wrong Turn is part psychological thriller and part a fast paced, adrenalin fuelled danger ride that’s full of neat plot twists and definitely has that edge of the seat feeling that goes on for most of the book.

Verdict: A dark, intense thriller with many twists and turns amid a chilling and deeply atmospheric setting. The conclusion is both terrifying and electric and left me exhausted because I’d been holding my breath so tightly!

Interesting book, lots of twists which I didn’t see coming. In the end it got a little far fetched and a little frantic however by that point you are fully invested in the characters..

Liked the ending!

Despite, or perhaps because of, its ordinary starting-off point, this is, quite simply, an extraordinary thriller that will take your breath (or rather, your free time and sleep!) away. The plot starts with Abi and her partner Ben, homeward-bound and weary after a tiring weekend away. When they come across a young couple with a baby, seemingly stranded by the side of the road during the inhospitable night, Abi and Ben do the decent thing: they stop and offer the young family a lift to the hospital. Little do they know that this sets in motion an easy, tense, even dangerous set of events … Fantastically written, with not one word or one chapter too many, this is a breathtaking thriller even for seasoned readers who feel they have read it all. Wholly recommended! My thanks go to NetGalley and to the publishers for the free ARC that allowed me to get to know this author’s work and to produce this honest and unbiased book review.