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About The Book
A spellbinding locked-room mystery about a glamping trip gone horribly wrong when a powerful storm leaves the participants stranded and forced to confront long-held secrets and a shocking disappearance.
Max and Annie Kingsley have left the London rat race with their twelve-year-old son to set up a glamping site in the wilds of Cornwall. Eager for a dry run ahead of their opening, they invite three old university friends and their families for a long-needed reunion. But the festivities soon go awry as tensions arise between the children (and subsequently their parents), explosive secrets come to light, and a sudden storm moves in, cutting them off from help as one in the group disappears.
Moving between the police investigation, a hospital room, and the catastrophic weekend, The Search Party is a propulsive and twisty destination thriller about the tenuous bonds of friendship and the lengths parents will go to protect their children—perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley.
Max and Annie Kingsley have left the London rat race with their twelve-year-old son to set up a glamping site in the wilds of Cornwall. Eager for a dry run ahead of their opening, they invite three old university friends and their families for a long-needed reunion. But the festivities soon go awry as tensions arise between the children (and subsequently their parents), explosive secrets come to light, and a sudden storm moves in, cutting them off from help as one in the group disappears.
Moving between the police investigation, a hospital room, and the catastrophic weekend, The Search Party is a propulsive and twisty destination thriller about the tenuous bonds of friendship and the lengths parents will go to protect their children—perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley.
About The Author
Photograph by Lucy Williams
Hannah Richell was born in Kent and spent her childhood years in Buckinghamshire and Canada. After graduating from the University of Nottingham, she worked in the book publishing and film industries in both London and Sydney. She is a dual citizen of Great Britain and Australia, and currently lives in the South West of England with her family. Richell is the author of international bestsellers Secrets of the Tides (2012), The Shadow Year (2014), The Peacock Summer (2019) and The River Home (2020). Her work has been translated into twenty-one languages.
About The Readers
Why We Love It
“I bought this novel because it reminded me of Lucy Foley’s The Guest List, the kind of book that I could pick up and finish in a single sitting. I felt transported to the wild, rugged coast of Cornwall, beautiful but dangerous. The relationships between these friends—who might not be friends had they met in the present day—provided plenty of drama and also some hard truths we all face over the course of long entanglements. But it is the gripping suspense—who is in the hospital? who is missing? and who is the body found at the base of the cliffs?—that drives this story to its twisty, emotionally satisfying ending.”
—Kaitlin O., Senior Editor, on The Search Party
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (January 16, 2024)
- Runtime: 10 hours and 13 minutes
- ISBN13: 9781797170565
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