Retreat

Name: Retreat
Brand: Little Brown
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the addictive rollercoaster thriller

By: Krysten Ritter

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Paperback | 18 August 2026 | Edition Number 1

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19.7 x 12.8 x 2.3

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'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

Industry Reviews

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

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)

The Talented Mr Ripley meets How to Kill Your Family; this is sharp, funny and has a twist you won't see coming

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

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