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The Breakdown

By: Robert W. Kirby
Narrated by: Vicki-Jo Eva
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A breakdown—A secret—A trip that will change everything.

Two years after suffering from a stress-induced breakdown, defence lawyer Beth Gunning is struggling to cope with life. When her husband, Rory, suggests they join Beth’s sister and partner on a wild camping trip in a remote part of Montana, she decides that the freedom and tranquillity of a place far away from London might be what she needs. A chance to repair, relax, and get her head together.

Rory’s brother, Elliott, invites himself and his two teenage kids along for the trip. So it’s set to be a wild adventure of a lifetime. Provided that Rory and Elliot can set aside their sibling rivalries, that is.

Apart from some quarrelling and physical struggles, the trip seems to be going well. The Bob Marshall Wilderness is a stunning place, and everybody is embracing the fabulous experience.

But after a GPS malfunction and one wrong turn that leads them off course, cracks quickly form within the group. As some clash and others struggle with their dire predicament, the situation goes from bad to worse.

But Beth’s dark past is about to come back to haunt her and rock the very foundations of her world. Because it appears that someone in their hiking group has an ulterior motive for joining this trip.

Something extremely sinister that could ruin everything.

And out here in the vast, untamed wilderness, Beth knows she can no longer run from her bleak past and must finally face her dire demons…But at what cost?

©2024 Flock Publishing (P)2026 Fireside Audio
Psychological Thriller & Suspense
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It's no surprise to find me reading yet another book by this author. After being introduced to them a couple of years ago now, I've read almost every single book and loved them all. This book was of course no exception! I am absolutely not the camping sort - and reading this book has done absolutely nothing to persuade me otherwise! This felt creepy right from the first page and I was on edge the whole way through. I was just waiting for something to happen - the noises, the dark, the little protection from everything out there in the wilderness - nope....definitely not for me! Not only was the camping a red flag - but going away with family - especially when there is past conflict there. I just knew things would blow up and I felt really uncomfortable through certain scenes just waiting and anticipating how things would play out. As ever, I found that I warmed to and connected with some of the characters more than others. I mean, we all have 'those' family members, don't we!? And when the GPS fails, leaving them lost and Beth's son goes missing - this started a whole chain of events that escalated and I just couldn't put this down! There was so much going on through this that there was literally no down time to collate everything we already knew and then with the anonymous chapters dotted through, this kept me on high alert from start to finish.

As more things start to go wrong and more of the story reveals itself, we start to piece everything together - only to get thrown by twist after twist.

I just knew when I picked this up, that I was not going to be moving for a good few hours and settled in for the ride. I totally devoured this over the course of a day and loved the narrator who did a fantastic job of portraying every one of the characters perfectly.
The author has such a way of grabbing your attention right from the start and keeping you gripped for the entire read. Everything about this was just perfect and I can't wait to dive into my next read soon.....





Completely immersed from the start - loved this!

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