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  • Published: 4 July 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529912531
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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Bad Tourists





The White Lotus meets The Guest List in this chilling sun-soaked thriller about three vengeful women, a beautiful island resort, and the darkest of secrets. Perfect for the armchair traveller.

Is it ever a good idea to go on holiday with friends?

Darcy, Camilla and Kate have each come on this trip of a lifetime for a reason - to celebrate a divorce, to find love, to try to put a traumatic past behind them.

Their dream getaway? The Sapphire Island Resort in the Maldives. With crystal-clear waters and sun-drenched white sand beaches, relaxation is guaranteed.

But all is not as it seems in paradise, and this is no ordinary friendship.

They've got nine days to go . . . and old wounds are already reopening.

Will they all make the return journey?

  • Published: 4 July 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529912531
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
Categories:

About the author

Caro Carver

Caro Carver lives in Scotland with her husband and four children. She is Reader in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, teaches for the Faber Academy and the Curtis Brown Academy, and regularly speaks on panels and hosts events on writing. Caro is happiest when travelling and takes inspiration from her travels to write her books. Bad Tourists, her first book written under the pseudonym of Caro Carver, will be published by Transworld in Summer 2024. She is also published by HarperCollins as C.J. Cooke for her gothic thrillers.

Praise for Bad Tourists

With a genius premise, Bad Tourists hooks from the first page and doesn’t let go until the nail-biting final chapter when the cleverly woven threads pull together for a perfect ending. A sublime thriller, an absolute scorcher. I loved it!

Andrea Mara, author of No.1 Sunday Times bestseller No One Saw a Thing

A twisty, turny, deliciously dark thriller set in paradise. I couldn’t put it down.

Clare Pooley, author of The Authenticity Project

A whip-smart, fun, and stylish novel: I raced through it.

Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time and Just Another Missing Person

A whip-smart, fun, and stylish novel: I raced through it.

Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time and Just Another Missing Person

A captivating, sinister, sophisticated mystery that had me reading at rapid speed and pulling the covers up to my chin. The twists are ingenious and the finale, utterly explosive. In evocative, propulsive prose, Caro Carver has delivered a sizzler. Armchair travelers and thriller lovers rejoice: this is the dark side of paradise, on steroids.

Jaclyn Goldis, author of The Main Character

A captivating, sinister, sophisticated mystery that had me reading at rapid speed and pulling the covers up to my chin. The twists are ingenious and the finale, utterly explosive. In evocative, propulsive prose, Caro Carver has delivered a sizzler. Armchair travelers and thriller lovers rejoice: this is the dark side of paradise, on steroids.

Jaclyn Goldis, author of The Main Character

As transportive as a dream vacation, Caro Carver’s Bad Tourists blew me away with its smart, sharp writing, breakneck pacing, and clever twists. This is the ultimate destination thriller, with a dazzling setting, glamorous characters, and secret, sinister plot simmering under the cocktails-and-cabanas surface. Carver's stunner belongs at the top of every thriller lover’s TBR this summer. I couldn't get enough!

Ashley Winstead, author of Midnight is the Darkest Hour

As transportive as a dream vacation, Caro Carver’s Bad Tourists blew me away with its smart, sharp writing, breakneck pacing, and clever twists. This is the ultimate destination thriller, with a dazzling setting, glamorous characters, and secret, sinister plot simmering under the cocktails-and-cabanas surface. Carver's stunner belongs at the top of every thriller lover’s TBR this summer. I couldn't get enough!

Ashley Winstead, author of Midnight is the Darkest Hour

This book! This book was SO GOOD. I absolutely could not put this one down. Bad Tourists is one of the best thrillers I’ve read—it feels like White Lotus in book form, and kept me guessing the entire way through. I was thoroughly impressed by Caro's skill at unravelling this world from its idyllic vacation vibes into something that gave me chills upon chills when I read the final lines.

Kayla Olson, author of The Reunion

This book! This book was SO GOOD. I absolutely could not put this one down. Bad Tourists is one of the best thrillers I’ve read—it feels like White Lotus in book form, and kept me guessing the entire way through. I was thoroughly impressed by Caro's skill at unravelling this world from its idyllic vacation vibes into something that gave me chills upon chills when I read the final lines.

Kayla Olson, author of The Reunion

In Bad Tourists, Caro Carver expertly blends a locked room mystery with a story about midlife, female friendship, and trust. The result is a propulsive page-turner of a thriller that delivers enough twists to keep readers off-balance and desperately turning pages. It’s fresh, dark, and totally unexpected—guaranteed to be a summer blockbuster!

Nicole Baart, bestselling author of Everything We Didn’t Say

In Bad Tourists, Caro Carver expertly blends a locked room mystery with a story about midlife, female friendship, and trust. The result is a propulsive page-turner of a thriller that delivers enough twists to keep readers off-balance and desperately turning pages. It’s fresh, dark, and totally unexpected—guaranteed to be a summer blockbuster!

Nicole Baart, bestselling author of Everything We Didn’t Say

In both a romp and a thriller, Carver immerses readers in secret-filled waters. . . . A tropical paradise of a book.

Los Angeles Times

In both a romp and a thriller, Carver immerses readers in secret-filled waters. . . . A tropical paradise of a book.

Los Angeles Times

Perfect to get temperatures rising by the poolside.

PA Media

Perfect to get temperatures rising by the poolside.

PA Media

Fans of The White Lotus will love this murder mystery set in the Maldives.

Sheerluxe

Fans of The White Lotus will love this murder mystery set in the Maldives.

Sheerluxe

Sun-drenched suspense, with a twist.

Prima

Sun-drenched suspense, with a twist.

Prima

Neatly drawn, easily relatable characters and a twisty plot unfolding in a sun-kissed location make for a fun beach read.

Financial Times

Neatly drawn, easily relatable characters and a twisty plot unfolding in a sun-kissed location make for a fun beach read.

Financial Times

In need of a thrilling page turner? Then don't get on a plane this summer without Bad Tourists.

Cosmopolitan

In need of a thrilling page turner? Then don't get on a plane this summer without Bad Tourists.

Cosmopolitan

Find yourself a comfy seat, as the twists and turns of this beachside murder thriller are sure to have you hooked.

Woman & Home

Find yourself a comfy seat, as the twists and turns of this beachside murder thriller are sure to have you hooked.

Woman & Home

Blistering.

Crime Monthly

Blistering.

Crime Monthly

It feels as though Caro Carver's novel is redemptive, suggesting something positive has emerged from the tragedy. But this is a much cleverer tale than it initially appears.

The Sunday Times

It feels as though Caro Carver's novel is redemptive, suggesting something positive has emerged from the tragedy. But this is a much cleverer tale than it initially appears.

The Sunday Times

This chilling sun-soaked thriller is the perfect page-turner to get stuck into this summer.

Pick Me Up!

This chilling sun-soaked thriller is the perfect page-turner to get stuck into this summer.

Pick Me Up!

This hot debut is... a perfect poolside read.

Sunday Express

This hot debut is... a perfect poolside read.

Sunday Express

A deliciously twisted tale of three friends.

Bishop’s Stortford Independent

A deliciously twisted tale of three friends.

Bishop’s Stortford Independent
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