Retreat

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Even for a con artist, Liz is about to take things way, way too far . . .

Liz has a knack for getting wealthy people to trust her - everyone thinks she's an instant friend. She's made a life for herself as a serial con artist, but Liz's many identities and crimes are starting to snap at her heels. So she leaps at the chance to escape to the Mexican coast to decorate a socialite's new villa, planning to behave herself for once.

But when Liz is mistaken for her absent employer, she just can't help herself. Drawn into the dazzling seafront community, things take an unexpected turn, until Liz wonders exactly why her doppelganger hasn't come to claim her glittering life . . .

Spoiler: it's going to be carnage.

Reviews

PRAISE FOR RETREAT * - *
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, author of SHE'S NOT SORRY
Smart, sexy and wickedly fun: this is everything you want in a sun-drenched thriller. Ritter can really write - you'll 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, author of THE CLUB
PRAISE FOR KRYSTEN RITTER * - *
A phenomenal, haunting debut -- GILLIAN FLYNN, author of GONE GIRL
Actress Ritter makes a triumphant fiction debut with this pulse-pounding thriller featuring a sympathetic, broken lead character . . . Pitch-perfect * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW) *
Krysten Ritter made a name for herself by portraying some of the fiercest female characters in pop culture history. It should come as no surprise, then, that her debut novel carries that same level of strength and complexity on every single page * POPSUGAR *
Packed with suspense and moves at a cracking pace * DAILY MAIL *
Ritter has created an appealingly feisty yet vulnerable heroine . . . An excellent debut * THE TIMES *
Dark, disturbing, and compulsively readable -- RUTH WARE, author of ONE BY ONE
Bonfire is a stone-cold stunner - the writing is dazzling -- BLAKE CROUCH, author of DARK MATTER
A suspenseful, psychologically gripping story * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *
An expertly plotted page-turner * MARIE CLAIRE *

Author Bio

Krysten Ritter is an actress, director, and author of the internationally bestselling novel Bonfire, which received a Publishers Weekly starred review and which Gillian Flynn called 'a beautiful, haunting debut'. She's best known for starring in Marvel's Jessica Jones, as well as the titular role in Don't Trust the B- in Apartment 23 and as Jane Margolis in Breaking Bad. She lives in Los Angeles, California.