This was my third read by C.M Ewan, and by far the best. I love how he turns situations that could happen to any of us into tense, creepy situations.
This book had me totally gripped as I tried to figure out what was happening and who these people were. The twist about halfway in literally left my jaw hanging open, and then tied in very neatly to the ending. This was a pure thriller ride, with no feeling of an action movie as previous read of his was. Characters were built and written well, giving enough insight into each to get a true feel for them.
Thank you very much for the chance of an early read of this.

Sorry for any hitchikers or anyone with broken down cars, but this book is a clear reason to not pick up people on the side of the road.
Abi and Ben are travelling home from a weekend away, Abi is not happy as weekend cut short and as theyre having a disagreement she nearly hits a guy on the side of the road. Further along they see a woman with a baby seat and Ben decides they should stop and help. This turns into the worst decision they ever could've made as they get involved in much more than they bargained for.
The story is told in past and present from both couples. With few characters this journey gives a locked room scenario from a car. It's a tense bumpy ride. Ewan's books get better each time

This is my first book of C M Ewans and it won't be my last. Abi and her boyfriend Ben pick up stranded Samantha and Paul Clark with their baby, Lila from a country lane near Bodmin on a foggy night! It certainly brought me to some nail biting and spine chilling moments when reading this book. It was fast paced and unputdownable! All the sub plots come together to a climatic conclusion! One not be missed. I highly recommend this book.

Abi and Ben have been away for the weekend to Cornwall and are travelling home earlier than anticipated as Ben has been called into work. The weather is against them, there is thick fog and visibility is very poor, which isn't helping Abi's mood, they take a wrong turn and Abi then has to swerve to avoid a man who has materialised in front of her car. Ben thinks they should go back but she refuses, as they continue driving they see a car on the side of the road and a woman holding a baby's car seat, they know they can't leave a family stranded and offer them a lift, however they quickly realise they've made a huge mistake when the couple begin behaving very oddly.

The Wrong Turn centres around two couples; Abi & Ben and Samantha & Paul and tells the story of what happened when Abi took a wrong turn and ended up rescuing total strangers who had broken down on the side of the road. The story is told in past and present and from the perspectives of the main characters. It's a fast paced read, with great characterisation and the quality of writing that is fast making Ewan one of my go to authors. His ability to draw the reader in and keep us guessing from one chapter to the next is pure brilliance and the twists just kept on coming. One thing I do know, after reading this, I certainly won't be stopping for anyone on a foggy night! This is the fourth book I've read by this author and they just keep getting better. If you like a thriller that is full of mystery, drama and suspense then you will not go wrong with this one.

I'd like to thank Pan Macmillan and Netgalley for inviting me to read this. I will post my review on Goodreads now and Amazon on publication day.

I loved reading this book. Abi and Ben are driving home in dismal weather conditions. On the road a car has broken down and they feel compelled to offer Samantha, Paul and their baby a lift. From there the Stirling takes on twists and you are kept guessing. A definite must read.

This was super sinister and creepy! Yes, you may well not stop for a lone man on the side of the road on a dark and foggy night, but when you see a woman with a baby seat, that's going to pull on your heart strings, right?

Ben and Abi feel compelled to stop and help Samantha, Paul and their baby girl, stranded with their broken down hire car and Samantha's hand needing medical attention. Very quickly, the alarm bells start to ring though, not least when Paul pulls out a gun!

Fasten your safety belts, this is one crazy ride and the road ahead is twisty and very dangerous!

This binge-worthy book has everything I love in a thriller; the plot is superb, the pace doesn't let up, the characters are compelling, whether I like them or not, and I had to keep reminding myself to breathe!

5 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, C. M Ewan and Pan Macmillan for an ARC in return for an honest review.

Chris Ewan takes everyday situations and poses the question 'what would you do?' Inevitably you should never take the course of action as the characters in this book - we the reader in 'Safetown' know this. Here Abi and Ben find themselves in a predicament, do you help the strangers at the roadside? I mean what could go wrong....

What follows is an energy paced read that takes you along with breathtaking speed until the twists and turns finally spit you out with a few more revelatory shocks thrown in for good measure. Action packed and nailbiting stuff - a C M Ewan trademark. I have read and thoroughly enjoyed all of his previous books and suspect this has TV series stamped all over it!

Driving late at night in the fog, Abi and Ben make a wrong turn and come across a couple in need of assistance on the side of the road. Is playing the Good Samaritan a good idea?

One Wrong Turn is a twisty read from start to finish and you never quite know what is going to be revealed next. There is an under-running of unease all the way through though which keeps you gripped and makes it hard to put down as you read on to find out what will happen next. It really shows you how just one action, in this case taking one wrong turn, can have massive implications on your life.

I don’t want to say too much in this review for fear of spoiling it - it’s one of those books that you really want to go in blind for. Occasionally the amount of cliff-hanger endings for chapters get a little wearing after a while and it does spiral out of the realms of realism towards the end. However, it’s a solid read and I do recommend it for fans of twisty thrillers.

Overall, One Wrong Turn is a tense, twisty thriller. Thank you to NetGalley & Pan Macmillan for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book is delightfully bonkers! And I mean that in a good way. It grabbed me from the off, held me captive throughout, spitting me out at the end, exhausted but satisfied.
We start with Abi and Ben driving home early from a weekend away. Abi is annoyed at Ben for putting his job before her, again. So much so that she misses the turning they should have taken. Which is good for us readers, as if they had made that turn, they wouldn't have literally nearly bumped into Paul as he tried to flag them down. They ignore him but soon after come across a broken down car in a lay-by and a woman with a baby. Ben persuades Abi to stop this time, and she does, and they pick them up...
We then go back in time to see how Paul, Samantha, and baby Isla got to where Abi and Ben found them... And slowly start to realise - at the same time as Ben and Abi - that things are not always as they seem and that things are about to get hot and heavy, and very very dangerous...
OMG this book delivered punch after punch after shock after surprise. Often deliciously over the top. Well, maybe at the time, but after all was said and done, after all the secrets came out, the deceptions revealed, I actually sat back and applauded the author for such a well plotted book. The way that he inserted the snippets from the past at exactly the right times to illustrate, explain, and progress the action happening in the present, genius! So much so that I pretty much read start to finish in only a day. Luckily it was sunny so I lounged outside on my hammock for the duration...
OK, so it was, at times, a bit over the top. I refer you to my previous bonkers description, but it was so much fun...
All in all, a cracking addition to an already impressive back catalogue. Roll on next time! My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

I was engrossed in this book from start to finish. It’s a gripping thriller of a read. Young couple Abi and Ben returning home from weekend away come across a woman and baby in a broken down car after missing the road they should have turned off. The weather is dark, it’s damp and eerily foggy which certainly added to the atmosphere of the story.
The tension, menace and intrigue was constant. I had no idea who to believe or how this plot was going to turn out

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Awesome.
Abi and Ben are driving home down foggy country roads, arguing about having had to cut short their weekend away when they take a wrong turn. Abi’s driving, but her eyes leave the road for a moment as she says something to Ben – just as he gasps. A man is in front of the car, waving a torch. Abi swerves to avoid him. Ben tells her they should stop and go back, but Abi refuses. It’s dark, the roads are isolated and they don’t know this stranger. But, as Abi continues on, they see a broken-down car. Every instinct is still telling Abi to drive by, but then she notices the woman holding a car seat with a baby in it. For a moment, Abi hesitates, but they can’t leave a mother and baby on the side of the road. Agreeing to give the family a lift, they set off again. But now these strangers are inside their car and it might be the worst mistake they have ever made .
Loved it so much.
Thanks to NetGalley and Hodder Straughten for giving me an advance copy.

This novel is best summed up the saying ‘no good deed goes unpunished’.
Abi and Ben are driving home from Cornwall on a dark, foggy night when they come across a broken-down car with Samantha, Paul and their small baby Lila. Abi is reluctant to stop to give them a lift but Ben insists.
From here on in the tension slowly builds to a breathtaking ending.
Told in 3 POVs and dual timelines, the plot is expertly crafted and the characters were well developed and totally believable.
The descriptions of the foggy night in twisty Cornwall lanes add to the tense atmosphere of this thrilling and suspenseful novel.
Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley UK for the ARC.

My husband loves this author's books, but I've never read one. I'm seeing the author speak at a local Crime Festival soon, so I thought I'd give one a go.

I liked it, and it was certainly propulsive - I read it in one (two and a half hour) appointment at the hairdresser. I have to say, though, I wasn't completely wowed by it. I certainly didn't see the twist in the middle coming, but I thought the ending was a little bit far-fetched.

I have read all this authors books, and once again, One Wrong Turn does not disappoint!

It IS one of those books that, once you start, you can’t stop reading. The dishes won’t be washed, the dinner won’t be cooked, the clothes won’t be cleaned. Nothing will be done until the last page is read!

The dark, scary atmosphere of driving down deserted roads at midnight doesn’t let up. The little twists that are dropped throughout the chapters like nuggets get bigger and bigger until the final few pages, and you’ll have to take a few moments to get your breath back!

Well paced throughout with quick chapters adding to the impending drama and characters that you immediately love or hate (and then change your mind amount), you’ll devour this novel!

From page one this gets right into those eerie feels. We have injured Samatha, Paul and baby Isla driving in the fog when they break down. Also driving after a weekend away are Abi and Ben, after missing a turn they encounter the stranded family and agree to drop them at the closest hospital. But are this family as vulnerable as they say? With Abi fighting her own demons she begins to question things and becomes increasingly confused as to just what they could be lying about and more importantly how her and Ben have been dragged into this.

This was a super tense read, the anxiety I felt was real, the not knowing and chapters flipping back to earlier in the morning made the tension increase, once I started I couldn’t put it down. It was a compelling, claustrophobic ride and I had actual balls of anxiety in the pit of my stomach. Absolutely superb writing!

Many thanks to NetGalley, publisher and author for my eARC

My Review:
There was a good concept to this book. A couple take a wrong turn and get caught up in a deadly situation. It had some tense parts but it ended up feeling a bit drawn out. There are only so many times I want to hear about how foggy it was. I understand building atmosphere but this seemed to be talked about and described way more than it needed it be. The characters themselves were good and there was a bit of a twist there that I wasn’t expecting. But then the ending came and although I won’t talk about details there were parts I just found unrealistic which detracted from the fast past tension it was trying to build. Overall this was an ok read for me. It didn’t blow me away but I’ve definitely read worse.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion

This books is the actual definition of a page turner!! Wow! I was hooked and gripped from the start!
I was so invested. The plot coming in short sharp fragments over two separate timelines, and it got a little vague but it wasn't confusing. Just another puzzle piece.
Overall this book did completely overtake everything (nothing got done until I was finished!) , but in the best possible way.

Abi and Ben are driving home to Bristol after a curtailed weekend in Cornwall. The night is foggy and Abi is reluctant to stop when they are flagged down by a stranded family. However Ben wants to help and so begins their nightmare. Caught up in a plot to defraud a wealthy couple, Abi is forced to drive when Ben is attacked and then she has to fight for her life.

This is an exciting read but feels quite overwrought in terms of plot and execution. I did enjoy it to a certain extent but was pleased that the book was a quick read as it just got less believable as it went on. Yes, it's twisty but the characters are not very engaging. Five stars for pace, less for narrative.

Excellent writing a real page turner of a book.

Nail biting build up, I could not put this book down.

Twists and turns galore, you think you know someone but do they have a dark selfish side that you know nothing about. The car journey of nightmares. Do you really want to pick up hitch hikers after reading this?

I absolutely loved this book. Pulled me in from the first page and kept me hooked til the end with plenty of twists along the way. A must read.