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Adrift Paperback – May 4, 2023

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A stag do, six old friends … and a secret they’d all kill to protect.

When Pete and his friends set sail on a private yacht in the Balearics to celebrate Fergus’ upcoming wedding, they’re all looking forward to sun, sea and copious quantities of alcohol.

But there’s a reason they are still entwined in each other’s lives a decade after leaving university. A terrible event they’ve all been trying their hardest to forget.

They say you can’t outrun the past … And these six friends are about to find that out the hard way.

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'A nightmare scenario with a killer on the loose on a stranded yacht, and dark secrets from the past slowly being revealed; I may never step onto a boat again after reading this, but I loved it!' Jackie Kabler, author of The Murder List

'A thrill-a-minute page-turner full of suspense, twists and turns that kept me on tenterhooks until the nail-biting finale!' AA Chaudhuri, author of The Loyal Friend

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    Boldwood Books
  4. Publication date
    May 4, 2023
  5. Dimensions
    5.08 x 0.71 x 7.8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1805495437
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    978-1805495437
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Boldwood Books (May 4, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1805495437
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1805495437
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.08 x 0.71 x 7.8 inches
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M.A. Hunter is the author of psychological and crime thrillers, including The Boat Party, One Wrong Turn, and Every Step You Take. Born in the north-east of England, he now lives in Southampton where many of his stories are set, allowing him to use his insider knowledge to deliver realistic and unsettling suspense on every page.

Away from writing, M.A. loves to read anything that will keep him awake at night. He’s also a passionate advocate for contemporary cinema and binge-watching the latest offerings from streaming services. He is married with a son and a daughter, and two dogs.

M.A. also writes under the name Stephen Edger.

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College friends reunite to celebrate an upcoming wedding
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College friends reunite to celebrate an upcoming wedding
Lots of alcohol, a yacht on the water, friends reuniting for a bachelor party, and a decade-old-secret…sounds like a dangerous combination. “Adrift” is a reunion of old college friends together to celebrate Fergus’ upcoming wedding. All is going well until someone starts playing a game using the shared secret from their college days.We get a mix of past and present in this tense and gripping thriller. The past slowly leads us up to the tragic secret they all share and have vowed never to speak of again. The present-day starts as a fun, alcohol-fueled reunion on a yacht but quickly turns into a fight for life as the passengers vanish or are killed off, one by one. The survivors are left guessing who they can trust.Sincere thanks to the publisher and author for providing this gifted ARC through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.#Adrift #MAHunter #rachelsrandomresources #boldwoodbooks #giftedARC #honestreview #psychologicalthriller #justfinished #newrelease #Thrillers #thrillerbooks #booktour #booktourhost#thrillerfriendsunite #mysteryandthrills #readwithme
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Lydkpr
5.0 out of 5 stars great read
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2023
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This book grabbed me from the beginning. I like when authors go back and forth between time periods. Really kept me guessing..
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Stacy B.
4.0 out of 5 stars Wild ride!
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
This one had me guessing the whole way through. Plenty of suspects and I suspected them all! Suspenseful with perfect pacing. A very engaging and enjoyable read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this eARC.
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Websy
3.0 out of 5 stars A lot
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2023
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The story is told between present and past of a group of friends with a secret they share.

Who is the guilty party? Bet you won't guess it right!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling, spellbinding
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2023
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I read this book in two days. It would have been sooner but I had other chores to do. I was captivated until the very end and didn't see what was coming in the end. Shocking and unexpected. I highly recommend this book.
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Kristy Hurst
4.0 out of 5 stars Twisty
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2023
Lots of twists and turns. When you think you have it figured out, you're going to discover you are wrong! Worth the listen or read, whichever works best for ya.
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Maria
5.0 out of 5 stars Kept me guessing
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2023
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I thought it was a great book. Kept trying to figure out “who done it.” Made me keep turning the pages until late at night.
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Brenda Kramer
4.0 out of 5 stars What a roller coaster!
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2023
All I can say is WOW. This book had my heart racing just about every minute I was reading. My suspensions bobbed back and forth the same way the boat did. I did take off 1 star because I wish the ending was slightly different, but it was great non the less
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Uncle Dude
2.0 out of 5 stars You have better things to do with your time.
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2023
This is one of those where you have to stop and go “hey, this person wrote a book. I’m not writing a book…so good for them.” At the same time you can also hope the author has it out of his system and finds something else to do.

A few times I had to stop and check if I had grabbed something from the young adult genre by accident. The whole thing is just so corny, the dialogue is too silly, and it feels written for 12 year olds. I stuck it out to the end because I expected some masterful twist that blew my mind and made it all worthwhile. Instead I was so uninterested by the time I got to the end I was just glad it was over and I could find something else.

There’s not a likable character, there’s not a mystery to draw you in, and there’s not writing to grip you even if the story doesn’t. I’m not sure what there is here other than “this guy wrote a book…good for him.”

That said, if you are on a long flight and someone abandoned their copy of Adrift in the seat back pocket, and your phone is dead, and if you fall asleep you might die, and the person next to you doesn’t speak the same language, and you have read the airline magazine twice so that you already know where to eat if you’re ever in Omaha then go ahead and read this book.
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kiwikath
4.0 out of 5 stars WHO DID IT!!!?????
Reviewed in Canada on October 14, 2023
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Desperate times call for desperate measures!! Thats what I thought after reading this book. Definitely didnt think of the culprit until the last part. Kept me guessing.
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Peter Dare
4.0 out of 5 stars Old friends.
Reviewed in Spain on May 17, 2023
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A cruise takes a bad course when a reunion of old university friends starts to create an atmosphere of mistrust when someone is murdered. An interesting guessing game to see if you can spot the killer. Suspend your realism and just enjoy the cruise.
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C Knight
5.0 out of 5 stars Murder At Sea, Locked Room Style
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2023
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Adrift is death in paradise! No offence Saint-Marie but this book has sea, sun, friends and murder! It’s meant to be a celebration as one of the group is getting married but some on board has other ideas! The question is in this Mediterranean Sea based locked room thriller WHO IS THE KILLER?!?!

Anyone is a suspect given there is nowhere for them to go! As the bodies drop, the suspect pool gets smaller so surely identifying the killer should be easy. But as we all know, there is always that chance someone you think is dead isn’t really unless you have the body – is that the case on this boat?! You’ll have to read it to find out!!

The split timeline with the jumps back a decade kept the present day pace on a leash but only just. The student day chapters dragged me back from the deadly sun to lay the foundations and red herrings to one helluva climax. I didn’t see what Hunter had planned as a finale! That was just WTF!! Talk about twisted!! Adrift is a fast paced thriller that I seriously enjoyed. Hunter threw so much at me with clues and suggestions for motive and execution, I really didn’t know what to think! Excellent thriller!
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Shazza
5.0 out of 5 stars So addictive
Reviewed in Australia on September 11, 2023
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I loved this book. I could not leave it down. So exciting, so many twists, that you don't know what is happening until the very end. I loved the storyline and the suspense. So well written too.
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meghana
4.0 out of 5 stars Page Turner
Reviewed in India on July 1, 2023
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As a debt novel, this was very good and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I liked the setup, the sequence in which the events unfold and the suspense that was maintained throughout the story until the very end. There was action, mystery and the final twist played well. In such a setting the question is always why and how, as it's always one amongst the people trapped who is orchestrating the murder spree. And the past chapters attempts to explain the 'why' part. This is the part I was dissatisfied with - only few of the characters were truly highlighted and others were ignored for most part and few aspects were deliberately left out that could hint us as to who the murderer was. It the whole book would be written from multiple POV (at least the 'past' chapters), it would have played better. Even in the present, character interactions were limited so we couldn't get a read of them to even make an intelligent guess on whether they could be the culprit. So I won't say it's the best thriller I have read, but for it's unique concept and good execution, i would go with 4-5.5 stars.
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