The Island

Paperback Published on: 08/06/2023
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The Island
Welcome To The Island! There's No Escape!
Get ready for this hard hitting, roller coaster ride of a thriller that will have you on the edge of you seat one minute and holding your breath the next. ... READ MORE
Steven at Bluewater
The Island
Addictive reading
The Island is one heck of a tense book. It’s the situation of nightmares: being chased by blood-crazed hunters in a rural environment, with hardly anywhere... READ MORE
Phill - Waterstones Bookseller

Synopsis

You don't know what you're capable of until they come for your family.

After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they're deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom.

When they discover a remote Dutch Island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram. But as soon as they set foot on the island, which is run by a tightly knit clan of locals, everything feels wrong. Then a shocking accident propels the Baxters from an unsettling situation into an absolute nightmare.

When Heather and the kids are separated from Tom, they are forced to escape alone, seconds ahead of their pursuers. Now it's up to Heather to save herself and the kids, even though they don't trust her, the harsh bushland is filled with danger, and the locals want her dead.

Heather has been underestimated her entire life, but she knows that only she can bring her family home again and become the mother the children desperately need, even if it means doing the unthinkable to keep them all alive.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781409189657
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 28 mm
  • Weight: 269g
  • Languages: English

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The Island
A doozy of a story!
After hearing such awesome things about The Island on Twitter, I was desperate to get my hands on an ARC happily Orion Books kindly obliged, and I'm so gl... READ MORE
mags_louise
The Island
An unlikely superhero
I wasn’t sure about this story at first, could the tale really stretch to a whole book stuck on one small island? A quarter way in and I was hooked. The ma... READ MORE
Aine O'Brien
The Island
Fast paced and action packed
4.75⭐️ Which I have rounded up. I loved The Chain, so I was excited to read this book, although survival thrillers are not my usual type of read. Heath... READ MORE
Lesley Lloyd
The Island
A real page turner
A great book, couldn't and didn't really want to put it down until it was finished, and then disappointed that I got to the end. Excellent!
Andrew Faulkner
The Island
Took a bit of time to get into
Reading the introductory chapter I wanted to know more; Heather is on an island and seems to fight for survival. From the author's description you could se... READ MORE
Wynnie Ahrens
The Island
An entertaining, tense and action packed thriller
Adrian McKinty can write and write stunningly well. His Sean Duffy series provides more than sufficient evidence of that. He is capable of nuance, characte... READ MORE
Mary Picken
The Island
Dark and Thrilling
The Island by Adrian McKinty is a dark and thrilling story. Travelling to Australia for a medical conference Tom, his new wife Heather and his children Oli... READ MORE
Lily Greenaway
The Island
The Next Thriller For You
Hey Siri, play 'Gaslighter' by The Chicks. Well, what an absolute rollercoaster ride that was! 'The Island' has a creepy premise and the action kicks o... READ MORE
Lois  Carr
The Island
Great Read
I really enjoyed The Chain by Adrian McKinty so was really excited to read his latest book The Island and it certainly didn’t disappoint this is a really f... READ MORE
wendy lane
The Island
A real page turner- thrilling
Heather Baxter is recently married to older widowed Surgeon Tom and stepmother to Owen 12 and Olivia 14 who clearly are not impressed with their stepmother... READ MORE
Pauline Dutton
The Island
Non Stop Action
The Island by Adrian Mckinty. First of this book is non-stop action from about page 30 right up to the last page. It never lets up and the book suffers be... READ MORE
Stephen Ball
The Island
Tension-filled
The choices you make have consequences ... some of them deadly! Whilst on a working holiday in Australia, the Baxters decide to do some sightseeing and fi... READ MORE
readingstuffnthings.blogspot.co.uk
The Island
Highly recommended
I fell in love with this story when I read the sampler and the rest was up to my expectations. It's a brilliant, gripping, and entertaining story. It's a p... READ MORE
AMG
The Island
A fight for survival
The Island begins with a character, who we learn is Heather, creeping up on someone who is a threat to her and her family. As she creeps up on him we switc... READ MORE
Dana Farren
The Island
Good barbaric fun - bit contrived near end, but super reading
Claustrophobic (albeit being set outdoors 90%!) and chilling story of a 'newly-forged' family trying to have an adventure while visiting Australia for the ... READ MORE
GL
The Island
Breath taking
I’ve been a big fan of the author since his brilliant Sean Duffy series, this latest is a winner too. The start is a tension filled cracker which then bac... READ MORE
Celia Short
The Island
Terrifyingly brilliant.
A family from the US on holiday in Australia get the opportunity to go to a remote island called Dutch Island. A decision that changes their lives and ever... READ MORE
Peter  Evans
The Island
Tense Thriller
The new thriller from Adrian McKinty is a fast-paced novel set in Australia, where a dream day out turns into a nightmare. Tom, along with his wife Heather... READ MORE
Jill Thomson
The Island
Thrilling
A thoroughly creepy, dark, page turning thriller. This book screamed at me to read it alone in the dark. No chance. It was read in one sitting but with ... READ MORE
Sarah Milgate
The Island
Fast paced thriller
The Island had an intriguing blurb and skimming through the Goodreads reviews before reading it really added to the air of mystique as readers promised ‘no... READ MORE
KindigBlog
The Island
Loved it.
Never visit a foreign country on holiday, kill someone with your car and try to cover it up. Not a good idea. Especially on a remote island run by a “clan-... READ MORE
Christine  Revely