Sofia Slater Boeken

Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? Millie Partridge desperately needs a party. So, when her (handsome and charming) ex-colleague Nick invites her to a Hebridean Island for New Year's Eve, she books her ticket North.But things go wrong the moment the ferry drops her off. The stately home is more down at heel than Downton Abbey. Nick hasn't arrived yet. And the other revellers? Politely, they aren't exactly who she would have pictured Nick would be friends with.Worse still, an old acquaintance from Millie's past has been invited, too. Penny Maybury. Millie and Nick's old colleague. Somebody Millie would rather have forgotten about. Somebody, in fact, that Millie has been trying very hard to forget.Waking up on New Year's Eve, Penny is missing. A tragic accident? Or something more sinister? With a storm washing in from the Atlantic, nobody will be able reach the group before they find out.One thing is for sure - they're going to see in the new year with a bang.Tense, moody and claustrophobic, Auld Acquaintance is the unputdownable debut by Sofia Slater.

On the Feast of St John the Cornish villagers of Trevennick dance around midsummer bonfires and make offerings to the river. It's not the sort of thing that appeals to Audrey Delaney, who is very much a city mouse. But when her (sort of, almost) boyfriend Noah whisks her away on a surprise trip to the West Country, she's determined to do the best she can to enjoy herself, if that's what it takes to remove the question mark from their relationship. Then their first night ends in tragedy, and Audrey finds herself stuck in the back of beyond, embroiled in a police inquiry, and unsure who to trust. Not Noah, who obviously had an ulterior motive for bringing her here. And certainly none of the villagers: brooding mussel farmer Trevor, weirdly intense vicar Lamorna, and infuriatingly cocky and omnipresent jack-of-all-trades Griffin. She'll have to untangle the mysteries of this insular community quickly, though, because people are dying fast. The river will have its due...

Für Fans von Lucy Foley, »Neuschnee«, Sarah Pearse, »Das Sanatorium« oder Ruth Ware, »Das Chalet«. Auf einer abgelegenen schottischen Insel trifft eine Gruppe von Fremden zu einer vermeintlich glamourösen Silvesterparty ein. Doch statt des erwarteten herrschaftlichen Anwesens finden sie ein verfallenes Herrenhaus vor, von Festvorbereitungen keine Spur. Unklar ist auch, wer das Fest organisiert und die Einladungen verschickt hat. Die Gäste beschleicht das ungute Gefühl, dass hier etwas nicht stimmt. Doch das nächste Boot zum Festland kommt erst nach den Feiertagen wieder vorbei, die Handys haben keinen Empfang, und die Gruppe ist von der Welt abgeschnitten. Am nächsten Morgen wird eine von ihnen tot aufgefunden, und unter den verbliebenen Gästen macht sich die Angst breit. Zu Recht ... »Spannungsvoll, bedrohlich, unglaublich atmosphärisch und so fesselnd, dass man nicht mehr von der Lektüre loskommt.« S. J. Watson