Retreat by Krysten Ritter - ISBN: 9781408722817
Paperback
Con artist’s paradise hides deadly secrets. How far will she go?

Retreat

the addictive rollercoaster thriller

$28.75

  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    25 March 2025

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Summary

The Talented Mr Ripley meets How to Kill Your Family. Sharp, funny and has a twist you won’t see coming’ Eve Kellman

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

Liz has always had a knack for charming people and gaining their trust. That’s what makes her such a talented con artist. But lately the pressure’s rising - Liz’s past crimes have started snapping at her heels. So she leaps at the chance…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781408722817
ISBN-10:140872281X
Author:Krysten Ritter
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Sphere
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:25 March 2025
Weight:340g
Dimensions:230mm x 152mm x 28mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

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
Written with enormous verve, this effervescent story featuring the resourceful - if amoral - Liz glitters like the diamond on her finger * DAILY MAIL *
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
The Talented Mr Ripley meets How to Kill Your Family; this is sharp, funny and has a twist you won’t see coming – EVE KELLMAN, author of HOW TO KILL A GUY IN TEN WAYS
Retreat begins by showing what smooth-operating scammer Liz is capable of. But as Ritter thickens her plot and ups the stakes, swapping con tricks for corpses, the book turns into a mystery, one that its antiheroine tries frantically to unravel … A fiendish tale of trouble in paradiseExpertly paced, tightly plotted * LA TIMES *
Razor-sharp and utterly shocking – WENDY WALKER, author WHAT REMAINS
A must-read for fans of the popular ‘rich people behaving badly’ subgenre of thrillers. Those who enjoyed The Last Flight by Julie Clark and Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty will enjoy Ritter’s new novel * LIBRARY JOURNAL *
A sultry, shocking and sizzling tale of duplicity and desperation - a dynamite read – RACHEL SARGEANT, author of THE PERFECT NEIGHBOURS
A sleek, sun-drenched noir that sees identity to be as fluid as morality. This serpentine psychological thriller feels straight out of Hollywood’s murkiest corners. It’s the perfect pick for book clubs who love their drama stylish, seductive, and surreptitious – WOMEN.COM
Sun-soaked and razor-sharp, Retreat serves up women’s wrongs in a seductive, satisfying fashion – VIKKI PATIS, author of THE WAKE
Agile plotting Gripping * BOOKLIST *
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 *

About The Author

Krysten Ritter

Krysten Ritter is an actor, a director and the 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.

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