The Hike, Susi Holliday
The Hike, Susi Holliday
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The Hike

Author: Susi Holliday

Narrator: Imogen Church

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2022

Synopsis

“Susi Holliday is one of our best and most original creators of tense and twisty tales.” —Ian Rankin Four hikers enter the mountains. Only two return. But is it tragedy? Or treachery?When sisters Cat and Ginny travel with their husbands to the idyllic Swiss Alps for a hiking holiday, it’s not just a chance to take in the stunning scenery. It’s an opportunity to reconnect with each other after years of drifting apart—and patch up marriages that are straining at the seams.As they head into the mountains, morale is high, but as the terrain turns treacherous, cracks in the relationships start to show. With worrying signs that someone might be following them, the sun begins to set and exhaustion kicks in. Suddenly, lost high on a terrifying ridge, tensions spill over—with disastrous consequences.When only two of the four hikers make it down from the mountain, the police press them for their story—but soon become suspicious when their accounts just don’t add up.What really happened up on that ridge? Who are the survivors? And what secrets are they trying to hide?

About Susi Holliday

Susi Holliday grew up near Edinburgh and worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years before she started writing. A life-long fan of crime and horror, her short stories have been published in various places, and she was shortlisted for the inaugural CWA Margery Allingham Prize. She is the author of seven novels, five of them written as SJI Holliday. You can find out more at her website, www.susiholliday.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SJIHolliday/ and on Twitter @SJIHolliday. She also provides coaching for new crime writers via www.crimefictioncoach.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on January 11, 2023

A female body lies at the base of Blafjell Mountain in Norway, the only silent witness to what has happened?? Maggie, Liz, Helena and Joni are old friends from school days. This is their annual ‘reconnect’ trip, very different from their normal lounge around the pool break away. Hiking boots, heavy......more

Goodreads review by Nina (ninjasbooks) on July 16, 2024

The weather forecast is terrible and it is not very wise to travel in that condition? Let’s just ignore it! No one has trained for this strenuous trip? Well, it will probably work out fine. Lots of POVs with long backstories? Let’s hope you have plenty of time to get to know them.......more

Goodreads review by LIsa Noell "Rocking the chutzpah!" on September 12, 2023

My thanks to Penguin Group/Putnam, Lucy Clarke and Netgalley. Short review. Far as I'm concerned, if Lucy writes it, I will read it! Average story. Everybody seems to have one of these type of tales nowadays. Ms. Clarke however is fantastic at building her characters and the atmosphere. Recommended. Wear......more

Goodreads review by Luvtoread (Trying to catch up) on July 24, 2024

Four women who are the closest of friends take a girls trip every year and this year they choose something different which will be out of their comfort zones. They decide to fly to Norway to go hiking in the beautiful and possibly dangerous mountains for four carefree days to escape their everyday m......more

Goodreads review by Linzie (suspenseisthrillingme) on August 12, 2023

Every year, Liz Wallace and her three best friends travel the globe to recharge and reconnect. This year, it was her chance to choose where to go. Battling problems in her marriage plus burn out at work, Liz decides it’s time to take the trip she’s been dreaming of ever since she was a child: hiking......more

Quotes

“Imogen Church's spirited narration brings the protagonists alive in this suspenseful mystery and helps make this a standout listen.… Church's strong characterizations differentiate the key personalities, emphasizing their flaws and making them almost a pleasure to dislike. In particular, Church's presentation of Ginny's spiteful, whiny voice is spot-on. Church is careful not to give away important plot points with her narration, and she uses just the right creepy tones to help build the tension as the story moves towards an over-the-top climax.” —AudioFile Magazine“We inhaled this galloping, twisty read in a single sitting.” —Crime Monthly“An edge-of-your seat thriller where the sense of menace ratchets higher with every step along the hiking path. Utterly immersive with brilliant storytelling, it’s smart, scary and ingeniously moreish.” —Steph Broadribb, author of Death in the Sunshine

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