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This book is insane! Wow! Amazing twists and turns. I read so many thrillers and mysteries and 90% of the time I guess what’s going on. This one just takes you to almost the very end before you have your aha moment. Everyone is a suspect and no one is safe. Loved it!

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I have read a lot of mystery/ thriller books over the last few years and this one is exceptional! Six crime writers are invited to an island for a private writing retreat hosted by an anonymous writer known as JR Alastor. Mila, who is in charge of running the event for Alastor has her own plans for the retreat, hoping to get revenge on one of the writers who has wronged her in the past, but when someone else is unexpectedly found dead, Mila realises she is not in control of the whole thing after all.
As more murders occur, the writers desperately try to figure out the identity of Alastor and seek to find a way to get off the island alive.
The book is very fast-paced and it kept me reading.
While I worked out the identity of Alastor, there were plenty of other unexpected twists and I loved the ending.
Highly recommend this book!

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With many thanks to Netgalley for this free arc and I am leaving this unbiased review voluntarily
OMG this book!! It is such a rollercoaster ride that you do not want to get off. Agatha Christie meets Cluedo in this unique and utterly brilliant story. It has some wonderfully delicious characters and twists in the story. The suspense never lets up as the author weaves her mysterious web of secrets, lies, games and riddles and in the process also playing a game with the reader! Kudos to Ms Pliego because this is a very clever book. An absolute must for locked room mystery enthusiasts. A dazzling 5⭐️read

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Wow! I’m gonna need a minute
That was amazing!!! Like really amazing I’m gutted it’s finished! What an unique story it had everything I love in a good thriller and so much more
Serial killer, games, locked rooms secrets lies murder
Blood and gore I couldn’t put it down
It was so fast paced even the quiet parts were intense.
I don’t think I could have loved it more absolutely amazing!!!!

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Engrossing.
For decades, bestselling author J. R. Alastor, king of the murder mystery, has hidden in the shadows. His novels adorn countless bookshelves across the world, but no one knows his real name. One day, event coordinator Mila del Angél gets a message: Alastor wants her help to host a murder mystery retreat on his private island. The guest list? Six crime and thriller writers, all masters of the genre. He plans to give them the thrill of their lives: a week of party games, trope-fueled riddles and maybe a jump-scare or two. It’s the perfect cover for Mila to finally carry out her long-held plans for revenge on one of the authors, a ghost from her past. But when a different guest turns up dead, she finds herself in a lethal game she didn’t plan for. With a storm cutting off the island and the body count rising, Mila has no idea who to trust. How do you escape a faceless killer who wrote the book on murder?
You'll love this thriller. It's a masterpiece.
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House UK Transworld Publishers Bantam for giving me an advance copy.

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