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To the Sea by Nikki Crutchley plunges readers into a chilling mystery set in an eerie, isolated coastal community. The novel unfolds as a woman returns to this unsettling town, seeking answers to a past tragedy, only to discover secrets that challenge her grip on reality and threaten to unravel the community's dark facade. Expect a gripping blend of suspense and psychological depth that keeps you captivated until the end.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to atmospheric crime thrillers set in remote, coastal locations. It weaves a gripping tale of mystery and suspense, capturing readers with its intriguing plot and a palpable sense of tension. Ideal for those who appreciate detailed character studies interlaced with unpredictable twists.

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Keep a secret. Tell a lie. Protect the family. At all costs.

A compulsively readable suspense thriller from Ngaio Marsh Award shortlisted author, Nikki Crutchley, which will keep you guessing and reading up until late into the night.

To the Sea captures the only home that 18-year-old Ana has ever known—Iluka. The beautiful wild pine plantation overlooking the Pacific Ocean, where her grandfather builds furniture, her aunt runs an artists' retreat, and her uncle tends the land, is paradise—a private idyll safe from the outside world.

But the place holds a violent secret, and when a stranger arrives, Ana will need to make a choice: to protect everything—and everyone—she holds dear or tell the truth and destroy it all.

An atmospheric, suspenseful, dark, and twisty thriller in the tradition of Daphne du Maurier, Paula Hawkins, Anna Downes, and JP Pomare.

Longlisted for the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Award

'An enthralling thriller, as beautiful and deadly as an ocean storm ... Crutchley achieves a perfect balance as she draws the reader into an eerie world filled with secrets, lies, and twisted love.' — Rose Carlyle, The Girl in the Mirror

'Many things make this thriller stand out ... Crutchley's meticulous writing and propulsive storytelling give the book a strange power' — North and South

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781460760437

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 December 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 390g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Nikki Crutchley is the author of To the Sea (HarperCollins, 2021). Prior to this, she self-published three police procedurals set in NZ, and was a finalist in the Ngaio Marsh Awards for her first two books. She has been published in Flash Frontier, Mayhem Literary Journal, Flash Fiction Magazine and in Fresh Ink anthology (published by Cloud Ink Press). She was long-listed and regional winner at National Flash Fiction Day in 2016, and at the 2017 National Flash Fiction Day she had two stories short-listed and was regional winner.

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