Publication date: 8th May 2025
Thank to NetGalley, Publishers and Author for this ARC.

A location / destination thriller. One of my favourite types for a bit of escapism. That said, with this book it was not so much escapism as needing the ability to suspend any element of reality.

The premise of this book is very good, I felt it just tried a bit too hard to be unsolvable. The initial 'twist' was quite obvious fairly early on and that could have led to an enjoyable plotting. So many twists, turns and murders over the course of a few days though led ( for me) into slightly farce like territory.

For all of this it is still an enjoyable listen if you take it with a very large pinch of salt.

unorthodox fashion. I was swept along as she met her costars and boarded the flight, overhearing a murder plot had me hooked and I needed to find out just exactly what was going on with this movie.

Then along came the first big twist, and I was drawn deeper into the story, the deception pricked my attention and I enjoyed the unravelling of the story, unfortunately at this stage it all became a bit too unbelievable, I made the grave mistake of trying to apply logic, and from there the story sort of lost a bit of interest for me. There was twist after twist after twist, and I have to be honest, I’d usually love that, it was just a bit too much.

Where the novel gains points is definitely in its originality, I don’t recall ever reading anything quite like it.

So nearly a 4. 3.5 🌟

I enjoyed the audio narration by Alexandra Boulton although there were some issues with accents, which was actually understandable.

Huge thanks to Head of Zeus Audiobooks via NetGalley for the opportunity to review this ALC 🎧

Oh, what tangled webs we weave... with Sun Trap being an intricate and ideal example. A fabulous listen that will have you never quite knowing what is going to happen next and eager to find out. The desert may be deserted, but it can still be deadly.