Genre: Science Fiction & Mystery/Thriller
Release Date: May 21st, 2024
Pages: 368
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“Solve the murder to save what’s left of the world.
Outside the island there is the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they’re told by the scientists.
Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And they learn the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay.
If the murder isn’t solved within 92 hours, the fog will smother the island – and everyone on it.
But the security system has also wiped everyone’s memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer – and they don’t even know it…
The outstanding new high concept murder mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling and Costa Book Award winning author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle . An ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop, an audacious solution. Available to pre order NOW.”
My Review:
WOW, I loved every minute of this! Did I stay up entirely too late one night because I just had to finish this book and couldn’t stop? Why, yes, yes I did. It’s easily going to be in my top reads of the year, I already know it. I know, that’s an ambitious thing to say about my first book of 2024, but I couldn’t have asked for a better way to start out my reading year.
It’s the best of both science-fiction and mystery/thriller. I loved everything about this book – the characters, the world-building, the plotting, the pacing. It was a perfect five star read for me. I was completely absorbed in the events and transported into the story world. I absolutely loved the writing and narration style. I want all of my reading experiences to feel as captivating and compelling as this one did.
I will be recommending this to everyone and will most likely still be raving about it years to come. I have had this author’s backlist books on my tbr for a while now and I won’t be putting them off any longer, they will definitely be getting read this year. Dare I say it, this one book alone was enough to solidify this author as a favorite and I will be auto-buying anything he writes from now on.
Disclaimers:
Huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me an early copy of this amazing story! I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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