Into the Fire
£8.99
In a crumbling old mansion in the English countryside, eleven people gather, each one famous in their field. They have been invited for a three-day house party, to celebrate the launch of a groundbreaking virtual reality game that promises to unite the worlds of technology, politics and the environment. DCI Maarten Jansen has been summoned to join the house party. His instructions are to offer police protection in case of an outside attack. Instead, he finds simmering tensions, long-buried secrets – and a murderer in their midst.
‘I tore through it’ Erin Kelly ‘Perfect storytelling’ Victoria Selman ‘A wicked plot’ The Times Eleven guests. Three nights. One murderer.In a stately mansion in the Hertfordshire countryside, sisters Lois and Ebba throw a launch party for their new venture: Archipelago, a virtual reality game.In attendance are their celebrity investors including a glamorous British couple, a brooding Swedish financier, a Dutch banker and his film star wife, and a controversial politician.But beneath the glamorous surface, there are sordid secrets that include steamy affairs, deals in dirty money and anonymous death threats. So when eight of the guests are involved in a helicopter crash, it quickly becomes clear that it was no accident. It was murder.‘Sizzles with suspense’ Jane Isaac ‘Gripping and beautifully told’ Clare Empson ‘Held me in a tight grip’ Caroline Green ‘Intelligent, modern and richly textured’ Dominic Nolan
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