Storm

Author/Guide: Stephanie Merritt

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: A beautiful French chateau. An unexpected guest. A night that will end in murder.

ISBN: B07Z32J28B
Genre: Crime, Suspense

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What you need to know before your trail

Jo Lawless is still grieving her husband when his oldest friends invite her to a weekend houseparty in France. She’s always felt like an outsider in the group but she decides to go, hoping their shared loss will bring them closer together.

But the weekend is disrupted by the arrival of an unexpected guest, whose presence brings old tensions to the surface. Long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and it’s clear that at least one person is bent on revenge…

The cold light of morning reveals a horrifying discovery. And the killer isn’t finished. A storm is coming, and no one at this party is safe…

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Travel Guide

Saint-Émilion, south western France

Saint-Émilion is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It’s a region of wine hills and Saint-Emilion is a medieval city located close to Bordeaux, Saintonge and Périgord. The castle and house in the book are fictional but there are plenty of wine castles to visit and the area is full of the luscious scenery and sense of oldie worldie charm that comes across loud and clear in the book.

Booktrailer Review

A girl named Storm comes to a villa where a group of friends are celebrating a wedding. One of the women has just lost her husband and so the atmosphere is sombre at times. Storm is the much younger girlfriend of a man in the group and tensions are high as there is something not quite right about this girl. Not quite right at all.

Group and friendship dynamics are played out with perfect timing.

A locked island mystery set in a castle that really plays with your fear and unease of the outsider in the group….