This is the first book that’s had me searching for the right words to post a review.
And honestly, I can’t think of anything original.
This is a great book. Really well written if at times very slightly over-explained.
The story keeps moving, keeps you interested and throws little nuggets of intrigue throughout.
It’s got a couple of really nice twists so you don’t end up guessing the plot exactly even when you think you’ve got it.
First time I’ve read this author but I have to say I’m absolutely impressed and will definitely read more.
I really don’t often give 5 stars but this one deserves it.

I can’t say anymore except I highly recommend giving it a go.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

I was looking forward to reading this book, so I was really disappointed that I didn't like it. The characters were not likable, and I didn't care about them. The writing was a bit clunky , ,and it was not a good read for me, sorry to say.

I really enjoyed this book. 7 people wake up in a deserted house .None of them can remember how they got there and they can't leave as the doors are all locked. The only thing that links them is that they all have some connection to the victims of the so called Black Lake massacre when 4 people were brutally murdered. A man had been found guilty at the time but has recently been freed on appeal. Then a voice comes through a speaker, telling them that they have all been injected with a poison and unless someone admits to the killings they will all die. The story is alternated between this scenario and what happened at the Black Lake. This is a real roller coaster of a story that will keep you guessing to the end.
Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
Copied to Goodreads.

Another thrilling read from Simon kernick. The intrigue starts immediately and ramps up throughout as you try to solve 2 mysteries - the original murders and the current situation that our characters find themselves in.

Great read. Bit different from your usual ‘ all locked in a house and being murdered one by one’ stories.
This concerns a multiple murder some years before and several people involved in the tragedy at the time finding themselves locked in a house together and told they have all been given slow release poison, If the original killer admits their crime the others will be given the antidote. If not, they will all die a painful death. Cue the shenanigans!
Recommended.

Picture the scene; seven people wake up in a remote mansion, with no idea how they got there. A disembodied voice tells them they have been gathered there because of their connection to the murder of three people, four years previously. One or more of them is guilty, and the voice wants them to confess in order avoid consequences.
What follows is a fast paced, white knuckle ride of a thriller. The story unfolds along two timelines, now and four years previously.
None of the characters are particularly likeable, though some are more odious than others. Some of them have a secret from their past they would like to keep hidden, and each of them has a possible motive for the murders.
The story is crafted so well that when the final reveal came it stopped me in my tracks. I was so sure I had it right! Hats off to you Mr. Kernick, I didn't see that one coming.
Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for the digital ARC.

All I can say is wow. What a devilishly delicious wickedly good whodunnit.

Colton wakes up in a house with others who have links to an unsolved murder. They are given a deadline for the killer to confess. If someone doesn’t confess they will all die.

This is so well written. Every line of it is perfection.

Thank you Net Galley for this 5 star read

I have read a lot of the Tina Boyd series by Simon, and the Bone Field books, but this is the first stand alone book of his that I have read. I am delighted that I chose to read it, and even more to see that he has such a large back catalogue I can also enjoy.
You All Die Tonight is set in a remote house, where seven people wake up to find themselves locked in. They are informed they have been poisoned and will only be given the antidote if one or more of them admit to being responsible for the murders at Black Lake House four years ago. If there are no admissions of guilt, all of them will be killed by the poison within the next 12 hours.
The book is a brilliant read, set in the current day, with sections going back four years to the time just after the murders.
Many of the characters are rather odious, but this just adds to the intrigue of the book, trying to work out which one from the rogues gallery committed the crime!
An excellent book, that had me hooked from start to finish and I highly recommend.
Thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for a kindle copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I had high expectations for Simon Kernick’s latest book. I have read many of his previous books. However, I was slightly disappointed. The plot was brilliant but none of the characters were at all likeable so I found myself not really caring what happened to them. The ending was only ok.

Maybe you can judge yourself by the person you come out of this actually feeling a little sympathy for. What an incredible ride!  Yet at the start and throughout the first chapters I would have given it one or two stars only.  I had no interest in the people, not one likeable one amongst them, not one I could side with and hope survived.  Yet somehow it got under my skin and slowly burned as a growing itch.  But in the end I was well and truly hooked with line and sinker too, no one was more surprised than me. I think I said "WOW" out loud.
Clever, clever, the suspects of a past murder all find themselves reunited four years on after being drugged and abducted.  Also there is the disgraced ex detective in charge of the corrupt investigation and the man convicted then cleared of the crime.  They are told that the Big Brother style house they wake up in is where they will die as they have been given a slow working poison.  Antidote would be supplied once the real killer/s confess to who was actually behind the Black Lake murders. Then, shall we say, it all plays out, unravels and leads you down a very messy dark path. And yes, by the last page I did feel a tiny bit of sympathy for one player, but of course I could not say who... But I doubt it is who you would expect, I certainly didn't...
What a incredible, clever and addictive story.

I have read most of Simon Kernicks novels and this one is by far his best. A murder in a luxury house, 4 dead who did it? Links to a known criminal, a detective having an affair, theft from a business, corrupt police. When all the main players wake up in a house together with an ultimatum, the killer must confess or they will all die that day from poisoning that was administered while they were unconscious. Who is the voice watching them and who killed the 4 people. A fast paced story that keeps you guessing literally until the last page..

This novel opened with a man waking up after being drugged. He finds himself locked in a house with several others and the voice controlling the situation wants the answer to one question: who is responsible for the Black Lake murders? The book switches between the current situation and the timeline of the investigation into the murder of four people.
This was a great read and the end was a total surprise.

Hats off to Mr Kernick for another excellent stand alone novel which grabs you from the first page and refuses to let go all the way through.
Thrilling, utterly immersing with a satisfying conclusion, I'm already getting withdrawals.

An action packed locked room thriller which keeps the reader guessing until the last possible moment!
The story goes from the present were 7 people have been poisoned and imprisoned in a derelict mansion and four years
ago where a murder was committed - if you tell the truth you will live... who will own up?
such a bag full of awful characters, just brilliant!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book.

6 people wake up in a house with no recollection of getting there. A voice tells them they’ve been poisoned, and that they have 12 hours to live. If the guilty party confesses to a previous murder they will be given the antidote.

This was a page turner for sure. No one of the characters we’re particularly likeable and this was a good thing as any of them
We’re likely to be guilty. I couldn’t predict who it was or what would happen next. I enjoyed the flashbacks to the initial murder investigation. I’ve read this whole thing in less than 24 hours. Couldn’t put it down!

It’s not often you can’t find someone likeable in a book to root for , but the only one person who was a candidate turns out to have a nasty background, and they die also, so there is nobody..
People locked in a mansion and someone must confess to an earlier murder or everyone is going to die.
Fast paced and the plot always stays just the right side of being too ridiculous
Plenty of twists and just when I thought things had finished with a not very great finish, another massive twist to give a satisfying ending.
Thanks to NetGalley and Headlinebooks for the ARC

As with all Simon's books this is a fast paced thriller which will grip you from the outset. A group of people all connected by a crime committed 4 year previously wake up in a locked mansion, told they've been injected with poison and will not get the antidote until someone confesses to the crime.

It keeps you guessing throughout, and I definitely didn't see the twist at the end coming! A great read.

A page turning thriller which I could not put down until I had finished it, great plot. Highly recommended. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for giving me a copy of the book.

This book was okay. I enjoyed the blurb more than the overall book, though. It felt a little rushed in places and lacking in depth of character. Still, it's a good enough read just didn't capture me as much as I expected.

"You All Die Tonight" was just... average, as far as the genre goes.

Dual narrative and timeline provided additional context but the reveal and conclusion of the story was anticlimactic.

I also had problem with the language of this novel that was clunky and lacked narrative finesse. I could let it slide in Colton's parts as they're written in the first-person perspective, but the third-person narrative was Simon Kernick's opportunity to shine and show some word-smithery but it was lost. There were also many opportunities to make the descriptions truly sensual, involving not only sight but the smells and other sensations. And even though body fluids seeped aplenty, they seemed chastised and supposedly gory images were not impactful at all.