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Fog Island

A Terrifying thriller set in a modern-day cult

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Fog Island

By: Mariette Lindstein
Narrated by: Stephanie Schmalzle
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You don’t choose them. They choose you. ‘Tense and atmospheric’ Lisa Hall ‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian

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Sofia has just finished university and ended a troubled relationship when she attends a lecture about a New Age movement, Via Terra. Its leader is Franz Oswald, young, good-looking, urbane and mesmerizing.

When Sofia meets Franz Oswald, the handsome, charming leader of a mysterious New Age movement, she’s dazzled and intrigued. Visiting his headquarters on Fog Island, Sofia’s struck by the beautiful mansion overlooking the sea, the gardens, the sense of peace and the purposefulness of the people who live there. And she can’t ignore the attraction she feels for Franz.

So she agrees to stay, just for a while. But as summer gives way to winter, and the dense fog from which the island draws its name sets in, it becomes clear that Franz rules the island with an iron fist. No phones or computers are allowed. Contact with the mainland is severed. Electric fences surround the grounds. And Sofia begins to realize how very alone she is and that no one ever leaves Fog Island

Flowers in the Attic meets The Girls, Fog Island is a gripping combination of fear, sexual tension and lethal fascination.

Praise for Fog Island:

‘I loved it – tense and atmospheric, slowly drawing the reader in to a reality that is utterly terrifying’ Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Have You Seen Her and The Perfect Couple

‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian

‘An intense, terrifying, and utterly believable journey into the shadowy world of cult leaders and cult members. A just-one-more-page thriller that will have you reading late into the night and holding your breath until the very end. I loved it!’ Karen Dionne, internationally bestselling author of Home

‘An interesting exposition of the psychology and the insidious methods that govern cults’ Daily Mail

‘A vivid crime novel’ Express

‘This intense thriller completely grips you from the off’ Heat

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Critic Reviews

Praise for Fog Island:
‘I loved it – tense and atmospheric, slowly drawing the reader in to a reality that is utterly terrifying’ Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Have You Seen Her and The Perfect Couple
‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian
‘An intense, terrifying, and utterly believable journey into the shadowy world of cult leaders and cult members. A just-one-more-page thriller that will have you reading late into the night and holding your breath until the very end. I loved it!’ Karen Dionne, internationally bestselling author of Home
‘An interesting exposition of the psychology and the insidious methods that govern cults’ Daily Mail
‘A vivid crime novel’ Express
‘This intense thriller completely grips you from the off’ Heat
‘Gripping from start to finish’ NetGalley Reviewer
‘This book is hauntingly superb’ Goodreads Reviewer
‘I could not put it down until the very end’ NetGalley Reviewer
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