John Marrs has once again delivered a mesmerizing tale of deceit and desperation that will linger in your thoughts long after the final page. As we begin to meet our resident backpackers, we learn about their back stories, their relationships with one another and their most private thoughts. As the book moves on, the suspense and action ramps up, full of twists and turns that keep the reader on their toes leading to an ending I felt worked perfectly for this story.

The Vacation | John Marrs | 9781529080872 | NetGalley The Vacation | John Marrs | 9781529080872 | NetGalley

I still have to make my way through some of his older books, so was happy to get invited to the blog tour for The Vacation so I could push it up my TBR!

But they discover that it doesn't matter where you are or who you are - if you can't lay the past to rest, fate and coincidence have a way of catching up with you. He is the bestselling author of The One, Passengers, The Minders, What Lies Between Us and When You Disappeared. Welcome to Wherever You Are is a twisty suspense thriller set in a run down LA backpackers’ hostel, about a group of strangers all running away from their pasts. I’ve always been a backpacker at heart, so was interested in this storyline, but rather than a fun nostalgia trip to remind me of my travelling days, this was a chilling reminder that you don’t know who you can trust. For example, some of the early dialogues between Savannah and Reverend (misnamed) Devereux and actor Zak and his adoring fan Ruth.

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All that said, I loved the ending and Marrs does a superb job of typing up all the stories to a strong conclusion. Over a couple of weeks, new friendships will be made, others destroyed, some lives changed and others ended. The book follows 8 separate characters as they interact at a hostel in Venice Beach, California after fleeing bad situations from various locations throughout the world.I read The Wronged Sons about a year ago and was utterly blown away by the storyline, twists and turns and actually contacted the author on Goodreads to let him know, which is the first time I had EVER done that. It is all a bit disjointed in the beginning, and it doesn't really come together cohesively until two thirds of the way through the book when things begin to get really interesting.