Synopsis
Wild meets The Wife Between Us in this page-turning thriller, set in the treacherous final stretch of the Appalachian Trail - an addictive tale of passion, betrayal, control and what it means to survive.
'ADDICTIVE ... IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN' Jo Morey, author of Lime Juice Money
Emma Sharp knows the rules of survival. From being raised by a doomsday-fearing father and hardened by the startup world, she has learned how to endure - especially in her marriage to Logan Grant, a charismatic tyrant who keeps her under tight control. To Emma, her marriage is a cage: it keeps you in, but it also keeps you safe. Until it doesn't.
When Emma forms an unexpected bond with Logan's former girlfriend, the two women form a plan to help Emma reclaim her life. Destination: the punishing final stretch of the Appalachian Trail.
After all, bad things happen in the woods all the time.
As the three venture deeper into Maine's backcountry, desire and dread curdle into something unpredictable, dark and deadly. Someone is lying. Someone is watching. And in the remote heart of the forest, someone is about to be lost . . . or found.
'ADDICTIVE ... IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN' Jo Morey, author of Lime Juice Money
Emma Sharp knows the rules of survival. From being raised by a doomsday-fearing father and hardened by the startup world, she has learned how to endure - especially in her marriage to Logan Grant, a charismatic tyrant who keeps her under tight control. To Emma, her marriage is a cage: it keeps you in, but it also keeps you safe. Until it doesn't.
When Emma forms an unexpected bond with Logan's former girlfriend, the two women form a plan to help Emma reclaim her life. Destination: the punishing final stretch of the Appalachian Trail.
After all, bad things happen in the woods all the time.
As the three venture deeper into Maine's backcountry, desire and dread curdle into something unpredictable, dark and deadly. Someone is lying. Someone is watching. And in the remote heart of the forest, someone is about to be lost . . . or found.
Details
26 March 2026
9781785129261Imprint: Zaffre
Reviews
A fast-moving and relentless story that leads you down a treacherous path and threatens to wrong-foot you at every turn. I was fully invested in Emma Sharp, a Gillian Flynn-style underdog heroine, who is perfectly imperfect and the very definition of a survivor. The wilderness is vivid and the peril is tangible, but it is the human capacity to endure that lingers long after the final page.
Dark, atmospheric, and built on psychological tension as raw and unpredictable as the wilderness itself, this novel keeps its claws in you long after the final page
