Synopsis
'A truly gripping chiller of a thriller. Sensational ' PETER JAMES
'A white-knuckle-ride through a dangerous world full of deadly ambition' ERIN KELLY
'A knife-sharp locked room mystery' HARRIET TYCE
'An exciting, twisty page-turner that will keep you guessing all the way to the end' C.L. TAYLOR
READ THE MOST EXHILARATING THRILLER OF THE YEAR
They don't know what I did. And I intend to keep it that way.
How far would you go to win? Hyper-competitive people, mind games and a dangerous natural environment combine to make the must-read thriller of the year. Fans of Lucy Foley and Lisa Jewell will be gripped by spectacular debut novel Shiver.
When Milla is invited to a reunion in the French Alps resort that saw the peak of her snowboarding career, she drops everything to go. While she would rather forget the events of that winter, the invitation comes from Curtis, the one person she can't seem to let go.
The five friends haven't seen each other for ten years, since the disappearance of the beautiful and enigmatic Saskia. But when an icebreaker game turns menacing, they realise they don't know who has really gathered them there and how far they will go to find the truth.
In a deserted lodge high up a mountain, the secrets of the past are about to come to light.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
- ISBN: 9781472270252
- Number of pages: 448
- Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 32 mm
- Weight: 313g
- Languages: English
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One heck of a debut novel!
Oh my goodness, Shiver is an amazing debut novel! I adore locked-room thrillers and wintery settings so this book was a definite must-read for me.
Five fr... READ MORE
A Chilling Reunion Will Have You Watching Your Back All The Way To The End Of The Slope.
I got taken back to my days playing SSX Tricky on the PS4 whilst reading Shiver.
However in this edgy thriller we find out what happened all those years ag... READ MORE
Tense, thrilling and genuinely chilling
Shiver is the second book I've read this year that is set on the snowy mountains and it's really whetted my appetite for more of this kind of book. The set... READ MORE
A great debut
Shiver tells the story of 5 friends, Milla (our lone narrator), Curtis, Brent, Dale and Heather, who met 10 or so years ago when they were all, bar Heather... READ MORE
Loved It
Well I could not put this down!
I loved the way it flicked back between the present day and 10 years ago, I felt it really added to the tension throughout... READ MORE
Icy suspense and gripping pace
“Shiver” is a high-octane, breakneck paced thriller that will leave you breathless. Full of more dangerous twists than a black run down the side of a mount... READ MORE
Shiver
I still can’t believe this is a debut novel! With a great setting, in the snow, this book had a little bit of everything to make it a fantastic read! It wa... READ MORE
Snowboarding thriller
Firstly, I’d like to thank Net Galley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.
Told over two time lines with lots of twists and turns. Th... READ MORE
Great read
Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.
Five friends are invited to a re union in the French Mountains ten years after they all spent the winter there snowboard... READ MORE
A decent thriller
This is a decent thriller - 3* Good Read about a group of friends who reunite in the French Alps, years after one of their group goes missing.
The chapters... READ MORE
Friendship or Ambition - which is more important?!!
This is an interesting debut - set in a remote area of the French Alps in the present time but looking back ten years when this group of snowboarders gathe... READ MORE
Terror in the snow.
I have to say I ended up almost enjoying this book! I nearly gave up a third of the way through, far to many snowboarding details. However I understand w... READ MORE
Fast paced modern thriller
Ten years on, Milla’s reunion might not be quite as she hopes.
I so enjoyed Shiver. It’s a fresh, modern example of a locked room mystery with plenty of m... READ MORE
Highly recommended
Five friends have been invited back to the French Alp Resort where they used to be professional and semi-professional snow boarders ten years before. The e... READ MORE
4 star read....
I loved this book from page one to the end. The story is about snowboarding competitions in France and a group of fierce rivals who would do anything to w... READ MORE
Great winter suspense read
If you're a fan of snowboarding coupled with some Agatha christie suspense then this is definitely the book for you. There are more twists and turns than a... READ MORE
A gripping snow-bound thriller
Allie Reynolds' full-length debut is a triumph!
In a clever variation on the classic "locked room" mystery, five erstwhile friends are invited to an off-se... READ MORE
Fabulous Debut That Keeps You Guessing
With little or no chance of heading to the mountains anytime soon, this thriller set in a ski resort seemed like the perfect read for a bit of escapism. A... READ MORE
Love love love!
I loved this book! What a debut from Allie Reynolds.
The setting of the story is perfectly spooky and menacing - set on top of a French glacier in a desert... READ MORE
“Is it the snow making you shiver? Or is it the thought that someone is out there ready to take their revenge…”
The French Alps. Beautiful, inspiring, deadly. Milla and her snowboarding friends know all too well about the dangers the vast, snowy mountains can bring. ... READ MORE
A Chilling Thriller That Won't Leave You Cold
Five snowboarding friends are on a reunion trip, 10 years after the disappearance of one of their number on the icy slopes. With champion snowboarder Saski... READ MORE
LOVED this! The 'who' in who-dunnit was genius
I loved this! I loved the ski resort setting - beautifully terrifying already but then out-of-season made it even more chilling. As well as the vivid descr... READ MORE
Shiver by Allie Reynolds
I chose to read and review an eARC of Shiver but that has in no way influenced my review.
I tried very hard to resist this book but I failed, and I’m so i... READ MORE
Great reading
Set in the beautiful French Alps, high in an out of season ski resort, five former snowboarding champions meet up for the time in ten years. The last time ... READ MORE
Disappointing
This novel starts quite promisingly but soon starts to go round in circles. The characters are uninteresting and unlikeable and despite the main character ... READ MORE
Poor
Starts promisingly but son becomes repetitive. Unsympathetic characters and the continual repetition of “they don’t know what I did’ soon loses it’s pull. ... READ MORE
Feel the cold !
Shiver by Allie Reynolds.
Wow , this was a great debut novel by this author.
Mills attends a reunion in the French Alps where she used to snow board as a... READ MORE
A strong debut novel
I really enjoyed this book. It hooked me in and had me wanting to read it in one sitting. It is a wonderful debut.
I really felt the tension between the c... READ MORE
A chilling and atmospheric read.
A chilling, atmospheric story set in the French Alps. A group of professional snowboarding friends get together for a reunion . The last time they were the... READ MORE
Creepy but characters may annoy
A psychological suspense/thriller set in a deserted lodge in the French Alps... a reunion for five friends who haven't seen each other in ten years, ever s... READ MORE
Chilling
This is a great book and I really enjoyed it. A woman called Milla is invited by her friend Curtis to a reunion in the French Alps resort, where she previ... READ MORE
A cross between Lord of the Flies and Then There Were None.
A cross between Lord Of The Flies and Then There Were None
This is the debut novel of Allie Reynolds and a perfect one. It features a group of five friend... READ MORE
Incredible
Honestly one of the most amazing books over read. I never wanted to put it down I just kept going and going because I needed to know. I will definitely be ... READ MORE
I could feel the cold throughout reading, spending most of my time under the duvet with a hot drink
A great, easy to read book.
I spent the whole book trying to figure out who was behind the reunion, constantly changing my mind.
Even though I have never b... READ MORE
A promising debut
3.5 stars
Location : The Glacier du Diable. Le Rocher in the French Alps; an anxious watcher; will it release the secret that may be contained within?
... READ MORE
a brilliant thriller
This was a really good book. I read it in just over a day. I loved how the story developed it was very interesting. I loved how it involved a group of snow... READ MORE
An adrenaline fuelled read
This book is a proper adrenaline filled ride from start to finish with characters you’ll love to hate. It really is a proper modern who dunnit mystery. I... READ MORE
Suspense and Suspicion
This is a story of five competitive snowboarders who get stranded on top of a mountain, there are lies, betrayals and secrets and someone out for revenge, ... READ MORE
A dark and chilling thriller with as many twists as a corkscrew!
What a great debut this is! An eerie, atmospheric read, that at times will make you shiver from fear rather than cold!
The story is told from the perspe... READ MORE
Thriller set in the FRENCH ALPS
3.5*
Author Allie Reynolds is a former freestyle snowboarder who spent 5 years in the mountains, competing in the British Championships and was once in th... READ MORE
A chilling and spine-tingling, page-turning read
This is the perfect time of year to read Shiver and given that it is that most enjoyable of things – a locked room mystery, it seems very fitting for our #... READ MORE
Complex world of Snowboarding
The setting in the French Alps and the competitive world of Snowboarding. A reunion 10 years after the disappearance of Saskia will lead to murder. Who has... READ MORE
Ok
Ok, this was a fairly good book but I know nothing about winter sports, especially Snowboarding so that didn’t help. Also it seemed to drag and then everyt... READ MORE
Shiver by Allie Reynolds
With thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the arc, which I have enjoyed reading. Shiver by Allie Reynolds is the author’s debut book.
It was a very i... READ MORE
My book of the month for January - Absolutely fantastic!
Thank you to #NetGalley and #Headline for giving me an ARC of #Shiver by #AllieReynolds in exchange for my honest review.
THIS WAS MY BOOK OF THE MONTH FO... READ MORE
A high-octane thrill ride
"It's that time of year again. The time the glacier gives up bodies."
Wow! What a book! A deliciously dark, chilling, tense and twisty tour-de-force, this... READ MORE
A dark and chilling thriller with as many twists as a corkscrew!
What a great debut this is! An eerie, atmospheric read, that at times will make you shiver from fear rather than cold!
The story is told from the perspe... READ MORE
Shiver
Milla is invited to a reunion in the French Alps - at a ski resort where she spent a lot of time when she was competing as a snowboarder. Whilst she has mi... READ MORE
Kept me guessing!
Milla, a competitive snowboarder is invited back to the French Alps for a reunion. Ten years ago the friends were there for a competition. During the event... READ MORE
A Chilling Tale About Friends Reuniting
when Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher, a cosy ski resort in the French Alps, she's expecting an intimate weekend of catching up with six... READ MORE
Shiver
I’m quite partial to a locked-room mystery/thriller, particularly ones with a snowy setting, so I couldn’t wait to get my crampons stuck into Shiver.
The ... READ MORE
Atmospheric
Really atmospheric, chilling thriller. Had me hooked from the very start. This was one that I read almost in one hit- couldn't put it down. Group of snowbo... READ MORE
Recommended
A snowboarding themed thriller book that drags the reader into the twisty mystery events of a reunion. A perfect winter read. A book set within the past an... READ MORE