ONE WRONG TURN
C.M. EWAN
****
Late at night . . .
Abi and Ben are driving home down foggy country roads, arguing about having had to cut short their weekend away when they take a wrong turn. Abi’s driving, but her eyes leave the road for a moment as she says something to Ben – just as he gasps. A man is in front of the car, waving a torch. Abi swerves to avoid him.
You see a family stranded . . .
Ben tells her they should stop and go back, but Abi refuses. It’s dark, the roads are isolated and they don’t know this stranger. But, as Abi continues on, they see a broken-down car. Every instinct is still telling Abi to drive by, but then she notices the woman holding a car seat with a baby in it.
Would you stop?
For a moment, Abi hesitates, but they can’t leave a mother and baby on the side of the road. Agreeing to give the family a lift, they set off again. But now these strangers are inside their car and it might be the worst mistake they have ever made . . .
MY REVIEW
****
Driving late at night in the fog, Abi and Ben make a wrong turn and come across a couple in need of assistance on the side of the road. Is playing the Good Samaritan a good idea?
One Wrong Turn is a twisty read from start to finish and you never quite know what is going to be revealed next. There is an under-running of unease all the way through though which keeps you gripped and makes it hard to put down as you read on to find out what will happen next. It really shows you how just one action, in this case taking one wrong turn, can have massive implications on your life.
I don’t want to say too much in this review for fear of spoiling it - it’s one of those books that you really want to go in blind for. Occasionally the amount of cliff-hanger endings for chapters get a little wearing after a while and it does spiral out of the realms of realism towards the end. However, it’s a solid read and I do recommend it for fans of twisty thrillers.
Overall, One Wrong Turn is a tense, twisty thriller. Thank you to NetGalley & Pan Macmillan for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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