The Writers Retreat

A wickedly twisty and atmospheric thriller set at a writers' retreat in the South of France, The Writers Retreat is Knives Out meets Anna Downes’ The Safe Place from an exciting new voice in the thriller/mystery space.

Meet Kat Hale, a bestselling Australian author crumbling under the pressure of writing her second novel, who has fled to a writers' retreat in the South of France run by internationally acclaimed author Helen Thorne. What Kat hopes will be two blissfully uninterrupted weeks to focus on her writing in anonymity and soak up the Provençal atmosphere quickly turns into something more sinister, when Helen abruptly announces she’s working on a new project that sounds uncannily similar to Kat’s own work.

That’s when Kat stumbles upon a discovery about Helen’s bestseller. While Kat scours the crumbling mansion for proof, she discovers that this isn’t the first time a retreat attendee has accused Helen of plagiarism. But that writer disappeared without trace.

Will Kat’s desire to uncover the truth about Helen and reclaim her own story be any match for Helen’s desire to hold onto her career, her reputation, and her writing retreat? And is Kat in danger of falling victim to the same fate?