
A dream holiday. You’d die to be there. You are offered the getaway of a lifetime on a remote island with a group of strangers. Things have been difficult recently, so you jump at the chance to swim under the summer sun, explore the peaceful woodlands and return to an elegant hotel for a glorious dinner. As the boat pulls into the harbour, you’re surrounded by crystal-clear water and soon you are alone. Just the peace and quiet you were promised. No phone signal, no internet… no way to call for help. But nothing will go wrong in paradise, right? As a huge summer storm rolls towards the island, everyone is starting to realise the secrets they’ve been hiding for years seem to have followed them here. And you are no different. Then one of your group disappears. His body washes up in the picture-postcard harbour, and it’s clearly no accident. Can you get out alive? From Sunday Times bestseller Paul Finch, The Island is an utterly gripping thriller that will have your pulse pounding as you race through the pages! Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware and Lucy Clarke. What readers are saying about Paul ‘Wowzer!!… An edge of your seat breathless thriller!… Unputdownable, a real reading treat.’ Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Flaming brilliant!!! Unputdownable if that’s a word!!!… Wow, wow, wow. My heart was racing… Couldn’t do anything until I’d finished it.’ Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Gripping and Fantastic!!!… Gripped right from the start. I couldn’t put this book down for love nor money.’ Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Amazing! WOW!…I found myself gasping out loud… Just perfect.’ Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Rockets along at one heck of a pace… Real edge of the seat suspense… Absolutely superb—quite literally took my breath away!’ Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars
Author

Paul Finch is a former cop and journalist, now full-time writer. Having originally written for the television series THE BILL plus children's animation and DOCTOR WHO audio dramas, he went on to write horror, but is now best known for his crime / thriller fiction. He won the British Fantasy Award twice and the International Horror Guild Award, but since then has written two parallel series of hard-hitting crime novels, the Heck and the Lucy Clayburn novels, of which three titles have become best-sellers. Paul lives in Wigan, Lancashire, UK with his wife and children.