4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
I changed my mind so many times while I was reading this book about whether I was enjoying it, did I want to keep going but I have to say I am glad I did because by the end I thought it was a great read.
I seem to pick books lately, though not on purpose, whose themes are around mental health and I wasn't expecting that theme to run through to The Fog also.
This is a very different mystery book and the setting itself added to the mystery surrounding the whole retreat for writers with writer's block.
There is a lot of back and forth in time as Kate starts to remember things she has forgotten due to trauma and we learn about her husband, her marriage and her child. There is a dark theme of abuse that plays through the story and is used by the man who runs the retreat for his own purposes carefully crafted and designed for the retreat goers to believe he is helping them, his methods are very unconventional, but he is constantly telling them they have a purpose, all will become clear.
The other retreat participants have their own issues and trauma that has led them to be there and this adds to the intrigue and drama that plays out on the island.
I thought that the author weaved an intriguing tale that took me to many places I wasn't expecting to go. Do be aware there are some triggering themes and events in this novel.
Thanks to NetGalley & Simon & Schuster Australia for providing me with a free ebook in return for an honest review.
About the Book
A woman on the brink travels to a remote writers' retreat to uncover the secrets of her past – and lands herself in a deadly situation that could destroy her future.
Kate arrives on the wild, remote island of Rathlin in the freezing Irish Channel for a ten-day writers' retreat. Plagued by memories she can't unravel and desperate to understand the breakdown of her marriage, Kate is determined to leave the retreat with answers.
As the retreat's director uses techniques that tap into the eerie mythology of the island, Kate becomes increasingly fascinated by him and her surrounds. But as the temperature plummets and the strange therapy intensifies, her memories unspool. Triggered into a series of disturbing flashbacks, Kate realises her past hides a frightening truth, but can she trust her own mind?
Faced with dark secrets and duplicity, Kate must unlock the answers she's so desperate to find – and survive the danger she has unwittingly walked into.
Publish date 4th September 2024
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