When just two of the four hikers come back down from the mountain, the cops press the two for their story, however they soon become suspicious when their accounts do not add up. The flashbacks to earlier times, when the previous histories of Peter and Anna are slowly revealed, were a little confusing too. Honestly, i thought about dnf-ing several times, but i kept reading because it was such a short book. The all new and soulless community reminded me of the setting for Tana French’s Broken Harbour, we have a strong sense that something is not quite right about it.

Bottom line on all of this is, all of these ominous things were nothing more than the officers trying to keep an eye and ear on everyone to keep them safe. Conniving women, regardless of how much THEY think they have been mistreated, do NOT deserve to get away with it! Much like many of the books by Mark Edwards, there is a certain degree of being able to identify with characters in the book and being to think how you could get sucked into this nightmarish world.This book had some truly shocking twists, but they were shocking only because they were so completely unbelievable.

It becomes clear that Cat has a 'plan', and things quickly begin to get quite shocking, with arguments and violence and nasty 'accidents', until there are just two left. Anna, while battling a growing obsession with this mystery, finds she is getting increasingly paranoid.

The fact that they were, in fact, found and killed, made you think, "Just how stupid are these witness protection officers to 'hide' these people right down the road from their hometown? There are aspects of this story that still manage to be strangely enjoyable in spite of (or perhaps even because of? I’ve always been a fan of this authors books but she has seriously knocked it out of the park with this one. Not sure I'd rush to read more by her, however, unless I get caught out as I did this time, which is pretty much what I said in my other review !