The Retreat by Sarah Pearse. Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company (Large Print edition), 2022. Original from Viking, an imprint of Penguin, 2022.
Another of the creepy mystery novels from youngish British female pandemic writers! A beautiful, lush retreat off the English coast is supposed to be cursed. That has not stopped people from coming to visit! Three sisters and their significant others are to reunite there. Detective Elin Warner is called in when a body is discovered. Soon there are more bodies! Are these people cursed? Is the killer a native islander or one of the guests or staff? Make yourself a little chart of the characters. Between Thea, Jo, Bea, Han, Maya, Farrah, Anna, Rachel, and Elin, you'll need to keep these names straight. Not to mention Isaac, Steed, Caleb, Hayler, Will, Seth, Edd, Liam, Michael, Tom, Leon, Christopher, Porter, Ronan, Jared, and Rob.
If you like this type of novel, try THE GUEST LIST, a 2021 title by Lucy Foley. Guests go to a remote Irish coastal hotel for a wedding. Murder happens.
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