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Published: 24th June 2025
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Published: 1st August 2025
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Published: 25th March 2025
Retreat
By (Author) Krysten Ritter
Thorndike Press
Thorndike Press
1st August 2025
Large Print Edition
United States
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
Hardback
Multitalented Krysten Ritter is back with a sexy, breakneck thriller that immerses readers in the sometimes glamorous and sometimes deadly life of a con artist. Full of surprises and edge-of-your-seat scenes, Retreat is a wild ride.Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of Shes Not Sorry
Smart, sexy, and wickedly fun: this is everything you want in a sun-drenched thriller. Ritter can really writeyoull race through Retreat in a day, rooting for its sparky anti-heroine (just try not to drop it in the pool at the jaw-dropping twist).Ellery Lloyd, bestselling author of The Club and The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby
A beautiful con artist insinuates herself into a wealthy socialites life . . . with deadly consequences, in this serpentine thriller about identity and obsession, from actress, director and bestselling author Krysten Ritter.
Liz Dawson weaves through a crowd with the ease of a tropical breeze, moving seamlessly through elite circles, sparking instant connections and making every new acquaintance feel like an intimate friend. Shes clever, smooth, and confidentqualities that make her a brilliant serial con artist.
Isabelle Beresford is strikingly beautiful, obscenely wealthy, and the new owner of Casa Esmerelda, a fabulous villa on the Mexican coastattributes that make her the perfect mark. When she offers Liz a job handling the installation of a piece of art in her otherwise vacant home, Liz cant resist the allure of a beach retreat. She longs for a reset, a chance to finally shed the grip of her addiction to the conning game.
But when Liz, with her lush dark hair and intense green eyes, is mistaken for Isabelle herself, Liz cant help effortlessly slipping into the socialites identity. The transition is so easeful, it almost feels like fate. But just who is Isabelle Beresford really, and why does she seem to have abandoned this stunning life of hers
As Liz insinuates herself deeper into the dazzlingand deceptiveworld of the Punta Mita resort community, she draws closer to the dangers surrounding the real Isabelle. Dangers that may have already ensnared Liz, too. This might not be the con of her lifebut the con that ends it.