A superb fast-paced, gripping and highly addictive thriller

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Oh this is such a good book; it kept me right on my toes from start to finish. It says on the cover that there's a killer in their midst but through T.M. Logan's twisty and enthralling writing there is no doubt that there's an ominous cloud of suspense and suspicion hanging over the characters from the very first chapter. T.M. Logan really is the master of the red herring as he pulls us in every direction and twists us around and around like a game of pin the tail on the donkey. I pinned the tail on every character at one point or another so I had no idea which direction the story was going and that is what is so brilliant about it.

Kate is a crime scene investigator and even she didn't know what was going on! The bottom drops out of Kate's world when she finds messages to another woman on her husband's phone. The message points to the other woman being in France with them so she is one of Kate's three friends: Rowan, Jennifer or Izzy. I think Kate must have always been a bit insecure about her husband as Sean has history with two of her friends before he married Kate; there's certainly a bucketful of Irish charm in the character of Sean. Ever the investigator, Kate decides to gather the evidence before confronting Sean and I really admired her ability to keep her cool. What she is about to discover might not only end her marriage but might tear the three friends apart forever.

Full of suspicion and intrigue, I absolutely raced through The Holiday and found myself thinking about it on the odd occasion I managed to put it down. There are so many twists and turns that reading it was like being on a rollercoaster and I felt totally breathless at the end. This superb fast-paced, gripping and highly addictive thriller has more red herrings than the river Tyne and kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. Pack this one in your case if you're looking for THE holiday read of 2019.