Breathless
This year’s most gripping thriller and Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month
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THE CHILLING AND EXHILARATING WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH
SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH
THERE'S A KILLER ON THE MOUNTAIN - AND YOU MIGHT BE NEXT . . .
'A high-altitude, high-stakes thriller. I loved it' MATT HAIG
'Had me on the edge of my seat. A must read for 2022' SARAH PEARSE
'Suffocatingly tense, highly original and exhilarating' DAILY EXPRESS
'Tense, chilling and terrifying' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'Chilling, vivid and entirely unique' ABIGAIL DEAN
SIX STRANGERS. ONE KILLER. AND NO ESCAPE . . .
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Journalist Cecily Wong is offered the chance of a lifetime: to join an elite team on one of the world's tallest mountains.
But things quickly start to fall apart.
An unexplained theft.
A horrible accident.
A terrifying note:
There's a murderer on the mountain.
Six strangers set out . . . How many will return?
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'Breathtaking. Totally immersive, I truly felt transported to Nepal, becoming a part of the expedition. Gripping, chilling and exhilarating' 5***** READER REVIEW
'It was so tense, the air in my bedroom felt as thin as in the mountains. A total triumph' Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of THAT NIGHT
'You can't get more claustrophobic than this! My pulse was racing. The adrenaline of the character seeps through to the reader' 5***** READER REVIEW
'Gripping. Thrilling. A visceral account of a novice's struggles with thin air and exhaustion' Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month
'A great page-turner' HILARY DUFF
'Truly full of atmosphere. Oozes tension - you are never quite sure which direction you will be taken . . .' 5***** READER REVIEW
'An addictive, tightly plotted thriller that will leave you chilled to the bone' Lucy Clarke, bestselling author of THE CASTAWAYS
'Amy is a writer who knows how to draw the reader into the setting. It makes you feel as though you are there' 5***** READER REVIEW
'The ultimate high-altitude mountain thriller. Ice-cold, twisting, deadly' Janice Hallett, bestselling author of THE APPEAL
'A very atmospheric read. It takes you right to the edge of your seat' 5***** READER REVIEW
'Nail-biting, chilling, totally exhilarating - a true triumph' Stacey Halls, bestselling author of THE FAMILIARS
'A real page-turner. Tense, terrifying and fascinating in equal measure' Catherine Cooper, bestselling author of THE CHALET
'A truly terrifying thriller with a tense and twisty plot. Superbly executed' Allie Reynolds, bestselling author of SHIVER
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in the Himalayas, McCulloch's promising debut gets off to a slow start with too much exposition, but the pace soon picks up. Budding outdoors writer Cecily Wong has landed a chance to interview famed climber Charles McVeigh, but there's a big catch. Cecily, a novice climber, must climb the Nepalese peak Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain, one of 14 summits above 26,000 feet, the altitude known as the "death zone." McVeigh is trying to summit all 14 mountains in a year, without ropes or supplemental oxygen, an unprecedented feat. Cecily's expedition runs into trouble early on, as two members of her team die under suspicious circumstances, and the challenges of extreme climbing test her own strength and resolve. As Cecily chases a killer story on a killer mountain, she realizes there's a killer among the mountaineers. The action on Manaslu is gripping and scary, and readers will feel as if they're breathing the same thin air as the young writer, who's in over her head well above the clouds. Thriller fans will eagerly await McCulloch's next.
