A retreat doesn't always mean safety...
Following the death of her husband, Emily is happy to find herself surrounded by friends and fellow Oxford peers at the rustic Chalet des Anglais in the French Alps. With no electricity, running water, or access by car, surely this trip will offer her the time and space she needs to heal.
But before she makes it to the airport, Emily interrupts a break-in at her home, and on the first night at the chalet, she discovers an inappropriate sexual liaison between an undergrad and a colleague. When the student suddenly disappears, and Emily sees her deceased husband's number in her call history, she realizes she had better figure out who she can trust - or the next disappearance may be her own...
A remote mountaintop academic retreat in the French Alps turns deadly as a widowed Oxford fellow races to solve the dangerous secrets her husband left behind in the newest psychological suspense novel from the author of The French Girl.
The Chalet des Anglais seems to be the perfect place for Oxford fellow Emily to attempt to cut through the fog of her grief over the loss of her husband. Joining her at the Alps-based retreat will be a collection of their friends from the university as well as other fellows, graduates and undergraduates. With no electricity, running water or access by car, the rustic chalet will surely afford an unparalleled natural setting for Emily to rest and heal.
But even before she leaves home for the trip, Emily is unnerved by a break-in, and then shocked when, at the chalet, she witnesses an undergraduate student in a sexual liaison with a staff member that she counts as a friend. Someone has also been snooping through her things, making her question whether the earlier break-in was entirely coincidental. When the undergraduate student disappears, and she sees her deceased husband's number on her call history, Emily realizes she had better figure out who is targeting her and who she can trust - or the next disappearance might be her own.
