The Writers Retreat

Name: The Writers Retreat
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By: Victoria Brownlee

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Paperback | 31 March 2026

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A wickedly twisty and atmospheric thriller set at a writers retreat in the South of France, The Writers Retreat is Knives Out meets Anna Downesâ The Safe Place from an exciting new voice in the thriller/mystery space.

Meet Kat Hale, a bestselling Australian author crumbling under the pressure of writing her second novel who has fled to a writers retreat in the South of France run by internationally acclaimed author Helen Thorne. What Kat hopes will be two blissfully uninterrupted weeks to focus on her writing in anonymity and soak up the Proven§al atmosphere quickly turns into something more sinister, when Helen abruptly announces sheâs working on a new project that sounds uncannily similar to Katâs own work.

Thatâs when Kat stumbles upon a discovery about Helenâs bestseller. While Kat scours the crumbling mansion for proof, she discovers that this isnât the first time a retreat attendee has accused Helen of plagiarism. But that writer disappeared without trace.

Will Katâs desire to uncover the truth about Helen and reclaim her own story be any match for Helenâs desire to hold onto her career, her reputation and her writing retreat, and is Kat in danger of falling victim to the same fate?

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