The Castaways by Lucy Clarke

Best read of 2021 yet !!

As I settle into a book, one of my thoughts is how could this book end? What are we aiming to find out before we leave this story? I like to think the reader knows what they want to know how the story ends - find a killer, do they fall in love, happily ever after, You know what you want by the end of this story. I'm glad of that. That's what I look for in a book. Believe it or not some books don't. 

This was good on so many levels for me. An unusual setting for a thriller, like that. Characters to get to know, like that too. Not too many characters to feel confused, tick. Atmospheric, tick. The want for character's happiness, tick. Fantastic ending, most definitely tick. Twists, oh yeah.

Go by this blurb ...

Beautiful beaches.
Golden sunsets.
Nothing for miles.

You’ll never want to leave.
Until you can’t…

Gripping, twisty and full of sun-soaked atmosphere, THE CASTAWAYS will whisk you far away to the island – and never let you go.