The Castaways
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- Expected 6 Jan 2026
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- 10,99 €
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- Pre-Order
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- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
“A thrilling escape.”—Marie Claire (UK)
“An elegant, sinister, beautiful nightmare.”—Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark
Long Bright River meets Lost in this adrenaline-fueled thriller of a missing plane, a remote island, and two sisters torn apart when a vacation turns unthinkably deadly
Two years ago, a small plane disappeared over Fiji. For Erin, it’s been two years of obsessing over every detail, refusing to move forward even as life does. Her sister Lori was on that plane, and Erin was meant to be, too, but after a bitter argument, she failed to show. Everyone thinks Lori is dead, but Erin can’t let go.
Just when Erin is on the verge of losing hope, the pilot of the missing plane turns up still in Fiji, seemingly with no memory of the crash. In a final bid to find her sister, Erin travels there herself—but what she discovers is beyond anything she could have predicted.
A sharp-edged, darkly propulsive novel following two sisters whose lives are upended when their vacation of a lifetime goes disastrously awry, The Castaways is another scorcher from “queen of the destination thriller” (Claire Douglas) and million-copy bestselling author Lucy Clarke.
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This perceptive psychological thriller from bestseller Clarke (The Surf House) explores the aftermath of a brutal fight between British sisters Erin and Lori the night before they plan to leave for a holiday in Fiji. Hurt and angry after the sisterly row, Erin declines to join Lori on the plane at the last minute, only to be plunged into a pit of survivor's guilt when the aircraft disappears mid-flight. All the passengers, including Lori, are declared dead, but two years later, the plane's pilot emerges from hiding, igniting Erin's hope that her sister might still be alive. The pilot claims he's the sole survivor, but a determined Erin heads off to Fiji to search for Lori anyway. Clarke braids together Erin's present-day search with the harrowing details of what actually happened to Lori two years earlier; unfortunately, this dual structure diminishes the story's suspense, with new developments in each plotline spoiling major moments in the other one. Still, readers more interested in Clarke's sharp take on dysfunctional sibling dynamics than the element of surprise will find enough to enjoy.
