The Second Stranger, Martin Griffin
The Second Stranger, Martin Griffin
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The Second Stranger

Author: Martin Griffin

Narrator: Tamsin Kennard

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/07/2023


Synopsis

One bitterly cold February night at the remote MacKinnon Hotel, Remie Yorke begins her last shift at the front desk as the snow begins to fall. She has booked a one-way flight for the next day—and she's never coming back to Scotland. Or so she thinks.

As the storm quickly invades the surrounding Highlands, the roads become impassable and the phone lines fall dead. When the icy temperatures plummet further, an injured man stumbles into the hotel lobby from the blizzard. Police Constable Don Gaines has been in a car accident on the mountain road, and Remie welcomes him to safety. Gaines tells her that the other survivor of the accident is a dangerous prisoner who is now at-large; and Gaines is sure he is heading their way.

Then a second injured visitor arrives—also introducing himself as Constable Don Gaines. Both claim to want to protect Remie and the hotel's remaining guests. Both are convincing. Remie doesn't know who to trust.

But she must endure a deadly night before dawn breaks, and if she doesn't succumb to the cold, one of these men will surely kill her first. And she has no idea why they have chosen to come to the MacKinnon Hotel . . .

About Martin Griffin

Martin Griffin is a dynamic new voice in crime fiction. Before turning his hand to writing, he was a deputy headmaster and a doomed singer. Martin lives in Manchester, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on January 05, 2023

Cairngorms - The Mackinnon Hôtel It’s Remie Yorkes final evening as night manager at the hotel because tomorrow she leaves for a South American adventure. However, plans are thrown awry when Storm Ezra hits and blankets the area in deep snow with temperatures plummeting to below zero with the additio......more

Goodreads review by Kristine on September 10, 2022

Well hello there, remote and snowed in Scottish hotel the day before closing, escaped prisoner and mysteries galore! It sounded like such a fun and exciting book and I must admit, the cover is my favourite! It painted a beautiful picture of the remote hotel on the day before closing for off season,......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on December 08, 2022

What an intense read!! Locked room mystery lovers are going to devour this book. It is the perfect setting for an action packed and dark thriller and I loved it Remie is the only employee working at the Mackinnon Hotel. She just has to get through the night and then she will be off to warmer climate......more

Goodreads review by Frank on January 13, 2024

I really enjoyed the beginning and the end of this one, I just got a little lost in the middle and grew a tad disinterested. Had it not been for the middle leading me astray, this would have been a much higher rating. Still going to keep my eye on this new author!!......more

Goodreads review by Laura Emme on January 10, 2023

Primo flop del 2023! Se la prima parte si può considerare interessante, la seconda metà del libro diventa noiosa, scontata, con risvolti prevedibilissimi e a tratti inverosimili. Ho fatto una fatica immensa a finirlo.......more