New Release & Excerpt – The Getaway by Kieran Scott
Synopsis
In a taut locked-room mystery from New York Times bestselling author Kieran Scott, a group of longtime friends confronts their darkest secrets—and deadliest impulses—on the brink of a hurricane.
For years, three couples have gathered at The Villa—billionaire Lincoln Foster’s Hamptons estate—for lavish weekends among friends. But this year, mysterious blue cards appear in each bedroom, exposing secrets: their host’s betrayals and the guests’ own dark deeds.
Everyone has something to hide. Marley and Marshall Foster. Suzy and Sean McTeague. Juliet and Josh Jacoby. Lincoln and his new wife, Hazel. Even uninvited guests hoping to be accepted among the elite.
With a hurricane bearing down, no one is getting out. When the revelations turn deadly, the trapped friends must confront what their lies have cost them—possibly their lives.
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Excerpt
This was not happening.
Attacked in his own home?
No.
This whole damned charade had been a mistake. He should have ended it before it began. There was no way he’d been thinking straight. Maybe it had been the anticipation of the party. Or the general optimism he felt at hosting Hamptons week again.
Or maybe he’d simply gone soft. That was something he could not let happen. Not now. Not ever. Come tomorrow he was going to lay down the law. Nobody came into his home and threatened him. Nobody.
Lincoln Foster shoved open the door to the patio and was hit with a blast of wind so fierce it nearly knocked him off his feet. He spat blood onto the flagstone. It was instantly washed away by the torrential rain. Had he lost a tooth? He pressed the tips of his gloved fingers against his jaw and winced. If he’d lost a tooth, there was going to be hell to pay.
One more. He just had to get one more speaker into the house, and then he could shut it down for the night. The party planners had dealt with everything else. And honestly? If they hadn’t, who the hell cared? Everything was replaceable.
Everything and everyone, he thought.
Using his arm to shield his face from the worst of the rain, he moved toward the last speaker. It was then that he felt it: two hands, firm on his back, shoving him from behind. And still a little bit drunk, and still a lot stoned, Lincoln Foster tried to catch his balance but overcorrected and slipped on the slick flagstones that surrounded his custom-made saltwater pool. His feet flew out from under him, and before he could even comprehend what was happening, the back of his skull collided with the edge of the pool. He heard the crunch, felt the explosion of pain. The last thing he thought before he blacked out was:
F*ing Lily.
About the Author
Kieran Scott is the author of more than fifty novels for children and teens, eight of which, written under the pen name Kate Brian, have been New York Times bestsellers. Her mystery novels for adults include Wish You Were Gone, Regrets Only, and People Will Talk.
Kieran graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in English and Journalism and lives in Northern New Jersey with her husband and two sons.
