Release Date: January 6, 2026
REVIEW:
Audrey J. Cole has brought us another Psychological Thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. If you have followed me for a while you know that this is one of my favorite genres and Ms. Cole is on my list of favorite authors. I can’t seem to pick just one. There are so many authors and genres to choose from.
If you like Psychological Thrillers this one should be on your to be read list if you haven’t read it already. It takes place in two different time periods with the same friends. These girls have been friends for many years. The most recent time period is recent time and the older one is when they were in high school. They all have different lifestyles now and aren’t necessarily close. Now they are going on a trip. The Trip. It takes place on a sailboat so you know they are going to be in close proximity. Then the fun begins…
You will like some of the characters and suspect all of them at one time or another. My mind was rolling in circles trying to figure out who was behind everything that was going on. There are those that you will suspect all the way until the end.
If you like Psychological Thrillers and if you haven’t read Audrey J. Cole, what are you waiting for? You must put this on your nightstand. Take caution, it might cause you a couple of sleepless nights! Until next time…Happy Reading.
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SYNOPSIS:
From USA Today bestselling author Audrey J. Cole comes a locked-room thriller at sea about image and influence, guilty secrets that won’t sink, and the lies we cling to in the storm.
A luxury sailing trip is the perfect escape from Palmer’s shattered marriage. Until the Pacific Coast cruise—a chance for old friends to mend old wounds—descends into a harrowing fight for their lives.
Twenty years ago, the five of them were inseparable. But after a rafting accident their senior year, only four of them returned. Volleyball captain Courtney’s body was never found. And their lives were never the same.
Now Palmer, her ride-or-die Beth, and home renovator Emma are on an all-expenses-paid trip with mega-influencer Gigi. But a mysterious note and a violent storm soon push them dangerously off course. The radio’s down, the captain’s missing, and the first officer’s woefully inexperienced. And in a chilling echo of the past, Gigi gets swept away. Perhaps on purpose.
Someone doesn’t want them to make it back. Palmer’s not sure who to trust, but she knows the truth lies in the murky depths of what really happened that day on the river.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Audrey J. Cole is a USA TODAY bestselling thriller author. She resides in the Pacific Northwest with her two children. Before writing full time, she worked as a neonatal intensive care nurse for eleven years. She’s also a pilot’s daughter.
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