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The gripping Sunday Times bestseller from the million-copy bestselling author, now a major TV series on Paramount+

About the Author

Lucy Clarke has a first class degree in English Literature, and is a passionate traveller and diarist. She has worked as a presenter of social enterprise events, a creative writing workshop leader, and she is now a full-time novelist. Lucy is married to James Cox, a professional windsurfer, and together they spend their winters travelling and their summers at their home on the south coast of England.

Reviews

‘Beautifully written, we’re tipping it as one of 2021’s best reads’ MARIE CLAIRE ‘Totally addictive, clever and atmospheric. It’s a rare thriller that melts your heart as well as it keeps you turning the pages’ ERIN KELLY ‘The Castaways is a genuine page-turner – a taut, utterly compelling tale’ T M LOGAN ‘This is pure, indulgent summer escapism – an exotic, suspense-filled adventure packed with island peril, high drama, colourful characters and a tropical atmosphere steeped in menace’ EMMA STONEX ‘Packed full of intrigue and beautifully imagined characters, it has to be on everyone’s reading list this summer’ HEIDI PERKS ‘A tense, unnerving and emotional psychological thriller’ C. L. TAYLOR ‘Wow, what a great story! Beautifully paced, tense and twisty, I enjoyed it so much’ B. A. PARIS ‘This deft thriller is as emotionally intelligent on the complex dynamic between sisters as it is compulsive. I stayed up way too late to finish it’ KATE RIORDAN ‘A breathtaking thriller that makes for a compulsive read, while offering an unflinching look at who we are when no one is watching’ LISA BALLANTYNE ‘A compulsive fast-paced thriller with atmosphere and heart that takes you away into a different world’ KATE HAMER 'I absolutely LOVED The Castaways! The setting, the simmering tension, the intrigue and mystery, it was all so vivid and brilliantly written’ KAREN HAMILTON ‘It has everything you want from a compelling thriller – it's smart, tense and addictive, keeping you turning the pages to the unpredictable conclusion. . . the setting was stunning’ DEBBIE HOWELLS ‘Such a pacy, absorbing read, I gobbled it up’ MEL MCGRATH ‘Gripping and twisty . . . lovely writing and great tension!’ ANSTEY HARRIS ‘Deeply emotional and tense . . . It is, simply, pitch-perfect’ JULIE CLARK