My thanks to Headline and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘You All Die Tonight’ written by Simon Kernick in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Seven people wake up to find themselves in a secluded mansion with no idea of why or how they got there. A robotic voice tells them that they’re all connected to the Black Lake massacre and they’ve all been given a lethal poison with just eight hours to live. Those who are innocent will be given the antidote but not until the person responsible for the killing owns up.

‘You All Die Tonight’ is a dark complex thriller told from the timelines of four years ago and the present time. While I didn’t think any of the characters were particularly likeable, and some were definitely deserving of their grisly end, I was gripped throughout and unable to stop reading. There was plenty of intrigue and so many twists that I couldn’t decide on the identity of the killer and just as I thought it was all clear-cut the final chapter added more confusion and I had to have a rethink. I’ve enjoyed reding this thriller that’s been cleverly conceived by an author who weaves suspense into every novel.

Seven people wake up in a remote mansion. The doors are locked. They have no idea where they are. Who brought them there. Or how to escape. Each knew the victims of a dreadful crime committed four years earlier, but that's all that links them. Then a voice echoes through the house with a terrifying message. They've been poisoned - and have less than twelve hours to live. There is an antidote on hand: but only if someone admits to being a killer. They all claim to be innocent. The time for confession is rapidly running out. How many - if any- of them will survive the night.

This is a cleverly crafted story. Seven people find they have been drugged when they wake up in a remote mansion. They have twelve hours to confess, or they will all die.

This story has a dual timeline - four years ago and the present day, and it's told from multiple points of view. I did find the timeline from four years ago more interesting than the one from the present day. This fast-paced twisted read had me on the edge of my seat. I had no idea who the culprit was in this well-written whodunit.

Published 7th November 2024

I would like to thank #NetGalley #Headline and the author #SimonKernick for my ARC of #YouAllDieTonight in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this a lot. It is a twist on a locked room mystery, with a variety of characters and a few twists along the way.

Simon Kernick was a new author to me up until 2 months ago. And now this is the second book of his that I read and I might like it even more than the first one. I started out buddy reading it with my lovely friend Sabina (Quirinusreads on Instagram) and we had a lot to say about potential suspects but in the end we finished it in our own time. I'm sorry but I simply couldn't hold myself to read on.

You All Die Tonight truly lived up to my expectations. I tried to sleuth and reason my way through it and I had a couple of suspects in mind but I have to admit I was nowhere near the truth with the first half of the mystery. Kudos to you, you unfathomable author for being so devious. 

The seven people in the locked house are easy to tell apart, there are secrets and motives aplenty because there's a connection between them and the 4 people murdered four years earlier so it's not an easy task to find out who the killer is nor who set them up and poisoned them in order to get a confession. The truth is revealed in alternating chapters in both four years earlier and the present and while I was captivated by the murders in the past, the present certainly gave me some palpitations. There are accusations flying, there are threats made, they are fighting for their lives, quite literally sometimes.

I was shook more than once while my suspect list was getting smaller and smaller. Not to spoil anything but there are twists upon twists upon twists in this one. There is no time to relax here, I found myself in the middle of the action and I was so caught up in it all that I just had to know.

The ending, another twist that I hadn't seen coming (I know I've said it too many times already but it's true), was appropriate but I was still kind of hoping against all hope for a bit of a happier ending. It was a bittersweet ending for me but I'm not sure everyone will have such a soft spot.

You All Die Tonight will be published on 7 November 2024 and if you're up for a wild ride then I recommend you put it on your read list. I can only hope and cross my fingers that his next novel will be as good as this one, I can't wait for it!

Big fan of Simon Kernick and have read all his books to date. Without cheating I think their is over 15, so a great author to have just discovered if this is your first book by him!
This book draws you in from page one where we meet a man who wakes in a strange place and has no recollection of how he got there.
This locked room type thriller follows 7, fairly unpleasant characters who are all linked to a ‘massacre’ that happened 4 years ago. A voice from the speakers tells them their rare, but creative reason for being their and tells them they have 12 hours to live….
Great book, great depth to characters, right amount of intrigue and it actually kept me guessing till the last few pages. A job well done!

A very fast moving story that had me hooked from the beginning. The many twists and turns along the way kept me guessing right until the end. The basic concept is that 7 murder suspects are lured to a remote house, told they have been poisoned and that until one of them confesses no antidote will be administered to the remaining people.
Thank you to NetGalley and Headline for this entertaining read.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was an enjoyable read, although a little unbelievable. The characters were not nice people, but they had depth and the story was written well.

I found the story to be more of a ‘who done it’ and I found myself changing my theory at every twist and turn from every chapter which kept me on my toes.

A group of people wake up in a remote mansion with no idea why they are there. The only thing linking them is they all know the victims to crime a few years earlier. When a voice tells them that they have been poisoned and have 12 hours to live unless someone admits to being the killer, will anyone admit to this?

I have read a few of this author’s books and enjoyed them all. I knew before starting this that I would be in for an action packed, original story and that sums up this thriller well. I enjoyed the locked room mystery and kept changing my mind on who to trust. The story is told in two timeframes, during the original investigation and present day, with both working well to build up the story, although I personally found the present day more intriguing.

The story is fairly well paced through out, although it was towards the third section of the story where I suddenly found myself gripped and fully invested in the story. There is a lot of suspense and some brilliant twists which kept me turning the pages. Overall a wild ride and another winner for this author. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this copy in return for an honest review.

Rating: 3.9/5

Seven people wake up in a remote mansion having been drugged and taken unawares to their location. The seven are not unknown to each other. They are all connected in some way or other to a shocking and unresolved multiple murder that took place four years earlier. The group are informed by a mysterious, disguised voice that they have all be given a slow-acting poison. They have less than twelve hours for the person(s) responsible for those earlier murders to confess, or else they will all die an agonising death. The clock is ticking - but each one of them professes to be innocent of the crime, so how can the situation be resolved?

I was attracted by the premise, which reminded me to a degree of the first (and best) of the "Saw" movie franchise. The narrative alternates between the present day predicament in which the seven individuals find themselves and flashbacks to the police investigation into the Black Lane Massacre four years prior. Although the twin timeframe mechanic makes sense and generally works well, I did prefer the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere of the present day chapters. The flashback sections struck me as being more derivative and cliché-ridden. There are aspects of the plot development that require the reader to suspend disbelief and allow the author a fair degree of dramatic licence, but doing so makes for an enjoyable, exhilarating and rewarding ride.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for supplying an ARC in return for an honest review.

Seven people awake to find themselves locked in a huge mansion, with no recollection of how they got there.
They come to the conclusion that they have all been drugged, then moved to this house for reasons that they don't understand ......yet!
However, once they get talking with one another, they soon realise that their only connection is that they were all involved in some way or other with a gruesome multiple muder four years earlier. The murderer was never found.
The group try to find a way out, but everywhere is locked up tight. Then a voice sounds out, telling them that each of them has been poisoned and that they only havr 12 hours to live, unless one of them finally admits their guilt in the previous murders. If no one speaks up then they will all die, guilty or not.
This is the second book I have read by Simon Kernick, and it didn't disappoint! The book was fast paced, and kept me on tenterhooks, wondering what the outcome would be.
This is a 5 star read!!

Wow, what a great read. This had me gripped right from the start. The story is both fast moving and really well written and I could not wait to find out how it all concluded. The author did not seem to spend that long fleshing out the characters and seemed to focus more on the development of the story and the many threads of the mystery. Overall a great read that was over too quickly. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me access to an early copy of this novel.

Seven murder suspects are kidnapped and poisoned. The antidote will be delivered if the real murderer confesses. All of the suspects have motives for the crime and they soon turn on each other. This is a typical action-packed Simon Kernick book with lots of twists and turns.

This was a gripping, thrilling read, trying to figure out who the killer was. I must confess, I didn't know. Often I can guess and get it right but this book had so many people in the frame that I didn't get it right.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, as I have with previous Simon Kernick books. If you're a Simon Kernick fan, this is a must read!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

An adrenaline filled book with twists galore in this race against time for survival. Seven people find themselves in a large remote house having been drugged. The doors and windows are locked, trapping them inside. All of them were in some way connected to a horrific mass murder four years earlier. A mysterious voice announces they have all been poisoned and have just a few hours to live. If one of them confessess to the murders, an antidote will be made available to the remaining people. As the clock ticks desperation and panic ensues that causes vicious accusations, threats and violence. In an alternating timeline the story returns to the original investigation in which a man was wrongfully convicted. Money and corruption are at the heart of the story but just who is guilty? With no-one admitting guilt and several becoming unwell time is running out. Will someone own up before they all die? A clever story with twists coming right to the very end.

I do like a locked room thriller and I liked You All Die Tonight very much. I literally could not put it down, pleading one more chapter over two very long nights! There are twists, turns and revelations to the very last sentence and I rushed the ending so much I had to go back and read the last few chapters slowly the following day! Told by different characters on two timelines, it was easy to follow and fast paced. My only criticism is that I didn’t really like any of the characters so didn’t care that much what happened to them! I will be recommending and I will be reading more by Simon Kernick.

Thank you to Headline and NetGalley for an eARC of this book.

3.5 Stars

Started a bit slow, but the pace picked up towards the end. Great writing and character development. Chapters a nice length.

You die tonight by Simon Kernick is the 19th book from the author I have read and yet again he doesn’t disappoint. He Is one of the authors that made me love crime fiction so much.
Seven people wake up from being drugged in a remote mansion. They are confused to how they got there and why. All seven people are linked to an incident 4 years ago when they were all involved in the Black Lake Massacre. Where there was only one survivor. A voice and a camera tell each of them that they have been drugged with a poison and they only have 12 hours to live until one confesses who the real killer is. But each one of them have something to hide and as the tension builds in the room, they are starting on each other to find the killer and get the antidote for the poison so they can live,
This is quite a different storyline to the author’s usual work. This is his first lock room mystery. But as with this one, and all his other works is action from the get-go. This is another thriller of a ride, with lots of action, twists and turns and a satisfactory ending. 5 stars from me,

Normally when I read books like this I guess pretty quickly who the bad guy is, even the tricky ones I'll get by half way through. I got til practically the last page before I figured it out and even then I didn't guess the whole thing.
I loved this book because it really kept me guessing.
Colton wakes up in a strange room after a night out, with no memory of the evening or where he is, his phone and wallet are gone and then he sees the camera, he shortly realises he is not the only one there as others start to appear and they all know each other. They are all connected to a murder case, someone wants to know who the real killer was and they are prepared to let these people die to find out who is guilty.
Not only do you have to figure out who the killer is, you also have to figure out who took the suspects. Such a good book, will definitely be recommending this to my book club

Extremely claustrophobic story that I devoured over two nights. Brilliantly written, tense and suspenseful. A brilliant thriller xx

You All Die Tonight was an amazing read for me. I have not read of author Simon Kernick's novels before, my partner is a huge fan and after this novel I will be reading his other novels.

This was a gripping and very engaging novel, a comparison to Saw/locked room novels is actually spot on.

There are seven people that wake up and literally have no idea where they are, apart from in a huge house and that they are all on the way to die having been poisoned. They have no idea and they have to find out why in order to save their lives.

Wow, this book is an epic journey and a very well-written novel. I do not want to give too much away but You All Die Tonight will keep you hooked and reading up to very late in the night.

Thanks to Simon Kernick, the publishers and Netgalley for allowing me an ARC in exchange for my honest review.