The Island
Published on 12. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-00-849732-3 (ISBN)
Description
The gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller!
'I adored this twisty thriller... Thoroughly entertaining - I'd love to see this on our TV screens!' PRIMA Book of the Month
The perfect escape, or the perfect trap?
When a select group of influencers and journalists receive an exclusive invitation to a luxury resort in the Maldives, it seems like the ultimate press trip.
But when the island is cut off during a storm and people start dying, it looks like someone has murder in mind.
Are the guests really who they seem to be, or does each one of them have a secret to hide?
Something they would kill for?
Lose yourself in the latest twisty page-turner from the queen of glamorous crime, Catherine Cooper.
Love for The Island:
'An eerily perfect location but paradise turns into a claustrophobic nightmare ... An absolute page-turner' Michelle Frances
'Cooper's darkest, most devious thriller yet. Utterly unputdownable!' A.A. Chaudhuri
'I love Catherine Cooper's wonderfully twisty destination mysteries. Appointment reading in my thriller calendar' Barnaby Walter
'Fizzing with tension - I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' Lucy Martin
'The queen of luxurious crime does it again! I was totally gripped throughout' Sophie Flynn
'Murder has never been so glamorous! ... fast, thrilling, fun' Barbara Copperthwaite
'My favourite Catherine Cooper read yet! An absolute page-turner of a thriller' JM Hewitt
'A great cast of characters ... a fantastic luxury beach setting and a twisty plot all make for a fabulous read' Joy Kluver
'It is the ultimate beach read - I loved it!' Emily Freud
'Skulduggery, secrets and sly ways to bump someone off ... fasten your seatbelt for your visit to The Island. It's going to be a thrilling, bumpy ride!' Penny Batchelor
'Luxury, murder and 90's nostalgia, The Island has it all! An addictive page turner with a fast-moving plot and brilliant cast of nefarious characters' Sarah Clarke-Wareham
'I inhaled The Island. This is Catherine Cooper's best yet! ... I dare you to pick it up and try to put it down before you're finished' Rachel Wolf
'I adored this twisty thriller... Thoroughly entertaining - I'd love to see this on our TV screens!' PRIMA Book of the Month
The perfect escape, or the perfect trap?
When a select group of influencers and journalists receive an exclusive invitation to a luxury resort in the Maldives, it seems like the ultimate press trip.
But when the island is cut off during a storm and people start dying, it looks like someone has murder in mind.
Are the guests really who they seem to be, or does each one of them have a secret to hide?
Something they would kill for?
Lose yourself in the latest twisty page-turner from the queen of glamorous crime, Catherine Cooper.
Love for The Island:
'An eerily perfect location but paradise turns into a claustrophobic nightmare ... An absolute page-turner' Michelle Frances
'Cooper's darkest, most devious thriller yet. Utterly unputdownable!' A.A. Chaudhuri
'I love Catherine Cooper's wonderfully twisty destination mysteries. Appointment reading in my thriller calendar' Barnaby Walter
'Fizzing with tension - I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' Lucy Martin
'The queen of luxurious crime does it again! I was totally gripped throughout' Sophie Flynn
'Murder has never been so glamorous! ... fast, thrilling, fun' Barbara Copperthwaite
'My favourite Catherine Cooper read yet! An absolute page-turner of a thriller' JM Hewitt
'A great cast of characters ... a fantastic luxury beach setting and a twisty plot all make for a fabulous read' Joy Kluver
'It is the ultimate beach read - I loved it!' Emily Freud
'Skulduggery, secrets and sly ways to bump someone off ... fasten your seatbelt for your visit to The Island. It's going to be a thrilling, bumpy ride!' Penny Batchelor
'Luxury, murder and 90's nostalgia, The Island has it all! An addictive page turner with a fast-moving plot and brilliant cast of nefarious characters' Sarah Clarke-Wareham
'I inhaled The Island. This is Catherine Cooper's best yet! ... I dare you to pick it up and try to put it down before you're finished' Rachel Wolf
Reviews / Votes
Praise for The Island:'With lots of suspects and a couple of characters who you'll love to hate, this is an entertaining whodunnit' RED
'A slick read' Best
'This slick and easy-to-read tale of long-awaited revenge is brilliantly escapist in every way' The Bookseller Editor's Choice
'The perfect destination thriller to accompany you on far flung travels - just make sure you keep an eye on your fellow travellers, as Cooper will leave you feeling you won't know who to trust' Lizzy Barber
'I got swept up in this book ... an absolute page-turner. Would highly recommend!' Helen Cooper
'A cracking plot, deftly executed with a killer twist. Truly excellent' Marion Todd
'Kept me guessing right up until the end ... Contemporary fiction at its best' Katy Brent
'No one is safe under the sun' Jaqueline Sutherland
'This brilliant destination thriller will hook you in, whether you're on a sunny island or your sofa' Fabulous (Sun on Sunday)
'Gripping' BELLA
'If you like your thrillers glossy with a side of melodrama, this is huge amounts of fun' HEAT
Praise for Catherine Cooper
'Agatha Christie meets the glamour of apres-ski' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
''An intense, claustrophobic thriller' HEAT
'A brilliant book with a twist you won't see coming' BELLA
'A great, pacy read fans of Lucy Foley will love' FABULOUS
'Atmospheric and suspenseful' WOMAN'S WEEKLY
'A striking debut - the ultimate winter read!' FRANCE MAGAZINE
'Adrenaline-charged - makes for superb, wintry reading' WI LIFE
'Pure adrenaline, from the killer first page to the chilling last line' ERIN KELLY
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-849732-3 (9780008497323)
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Catherine Cooper is a journalist specialising in luxury travel, hotels and skiing who writes regularly for national newspapers and magazines. She lives near the Pyrenees in the South of France with her family, cats and chickens. Her debut, The Chalet, was a top 5 Sunday Times bestseller. The Penthouse is her fifth novel.