'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 to escape to the Mexican coast to decorate a socialite's new villa, planning to lie low, enjoy paradise, and behave herself for once.

When Liz is mistaken for her absent employer, Isabelle, she can't help getting drawn into this glamorous seafront community. But dangerous secrets lurk beneath the surface, and it's not long before Liz realises that this time, she might be in over her head . . .

Spoiler: it's going to be carnage.

'Sexy, breakneck, full of surprises. A wild ride' Mary Kubica

'Written with enormous verve, this effervescent story featuring the resourceful - if amoral - Liz glitters like the diamond on her finger' Daily Mail

'Try not to drop it in the pool at the jaw-dropping twist' Ellery Lloyd

'A fiendish tale of trouble in paradise. Expertly paced, tightly plotted' LA Times

'This book was a great read. Who doesn't love a well-written bad girl?' ***** Reader Review

'Razor-sharp' Wendy Walker

'This book was so much fun to read! One big twist and turn after another' ***** Reader Review

'A dynamite read' Rachel Sargeant

'A whirlwind. I read it over the course of a few hours' ***** Reader Review

'Seductive and satisfying' Vikki Patis

"PRAISE FOR RETREAT" - -

"Written with enormous verve, this effervescent story featuring the resourceful - if amoral - Liz glitters like the diamond on her finger" - DAILY MAIL

"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 paradise . . . Expertly paced, tightly plotted" - LA TIMES

"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

"Agile plotting . . . Gripping" - BOOKLIST

"PRAISE FOR KRYSTEN RITTER" - -

"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

"A suspenseful, psychologically gripping story" - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"An expertly plotted page-turner" - MARIE CLAIRE