The Institute

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The Sanctuary meets Shutter Island in this high-concept psychological thriller from the critically acclaimed author of The Sisterhood.

Birds of a feather

A group of teenagers jump off a train platform intentionally into the path of an arriving train.
The lone survivor, Charlie, cannot recall the incident, but is adamant that she and her friends werent suicidal.

Flock together . . .

Her mother, Jo, is desperate for answers. When shes approached by Nathalie Bergstedt, the Director of the Arbor Institute, a government-affiliated research institute who are investigating the rise of flock behaviour phenomena where people are banding together to self-destruct she agrees to take Charlie there.

But never underestimate,

At the Arbor Institute, Charlie is told that shes at risk of re-flocking and if she does, she will likely die. But when another flock-survivor disappears and Charlie discovers that shes being watched, she realises that not everything is as it seems at the Institute. But as everyone knows, nature is red in tooth and claw and you should never corner a wounded animal.

The instinct to survive. . .

Author Bio

Katherine Bradley enjoyed a twenty-year career managing services for homeless people in Brighton, before retraining as a teacher. She now teaches English in a secondary school academy, finding time to also teach creative writing to adults. She holds a first-class degree in English Literature, in addition to qualifications in teaching, creative writing and coaching. As Kate Bradley, she has published two suspense thrillers To Keep You Safe(2020) and What I Did(2021). Her work has been described as 'addictive, original and brilliantly twisty' by T. M. Logan and 'heart-stopping' by David Nicholls.Katherine lives near Brighton with her family. Follow her on Twitter @kate_bradley