The Island

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The chilling new psychological thriller by Ben McPherson, author of A LINE OF BLOOD.
A horrifying nightmare
A summer camp for teens, on a beautiful island. It should have been a haven. But it soon becomes hell on earth when two men start shooting.

A country in shock
The families gather, desperately hoping their children have survived. Some have their prayers answered. Some must confront their worst nightmare.

A family that will never be the same again
Cal and Elsas daughter Licia was on the island, but no one can find any trace of her. Delving into their daughters life, they uncover some shocking secrets. What really happened to Licia that day Did she survive the shooting, or is she gone forever

Emotional, painful and utterly memorable Alex Marwood, bestselling author of The Wicked Girls

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McPherson is a beautiful writer whose voice is intense and intelligent. This exploration of the ever-expanding destructive effects of bad ideas is emotional, painful and utterly memorable Alex Marwood, bestselling author of The Wicked Girls

Praise for Ben McPherson:

Ben McPherson has a very distinctive voice, and A Line of Blood is cleverly put together Val McDermid

McPherson displays a rare skill for creating characters with depth in a world that is splintering around them Daily Mail

I read this in one sitting, gripped from the opening page by the twisty plot and a family so damaged I couldn't bear to leave them Clare Mackintosh

A chilling and compelling read, beautifully written Rene Knight, bestselling author of Disclaimer

It is both an extraordinary novel and thriller, and brilliantly written Claire Kendal, bestselling author of The Book of You

A beautifully-written psychological thriller Mark Edwards, author of The Magpies

Gripping from the get-go, A Line of Blood will have readers wondering what they might be capable of in the face of the terrible isolation of self within a family running off the rails Tami Hoag, bestselling author of the Kovac & Liska series

A tense, touching, smartly written thriller with a very clever twist. McPherson is an impressive new voice Tim Lott, author of White City Blue

A hugely impressive debut, well written and psychologically acute; a devastating depiction of a family tearing itself apart Paul Johnston, author of the Matt Wells thriller series

Author Bio

Ben McPherson was born in Glasgow and grew up in Edinburgh, but left Scotland when he was eighteen. He studied languages at Cambridge, then worked for many years in film and television in London. In 1998, after working a forty-eight-hour shift, he went for a drink at the Coach and Horses in Soho and met the woman he would go on to marry. Similarities to the characters in A Line of Blood end there. Ben now lives in Oslo with his wife and their two sons. He is a columnist for Aftenposten, Norway's leading quality daily newspaper.