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Mayday

By: Holly Craig
Narrated by: Josh Dylan, Madeleine Madden, Archie Madekwe, Sofia Oxenham
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Five friends. One yacht. No escape.

For fans of The White Lotus and Below Deck, from Holly Craig, #1 bestselling author of The Rip, comes a pulse-pounding thriller about the dangerous ties that bind us. Performed by an all-star cast: Madeleine Madden (The Wheel of Time), Archie Madekwe (Saltburn), Josh Dylan (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) and Sofia Oxenham (Extraordinary).

When Vivian Leroux invites her closest university friends on an extravagant sailing trip through Australia's Whitsunday Islands, it seems like the perfect graduation celebration. But beneath the glittering surface of sun, sea and champagne, dark secrets and bitter rivalries are simmering. As the trip unfolds, Vivian's manipulative games push everyone to their breaking point. Tensions rise and loyalties shatter. Then Vivian mysteriously vanishes in the middle of the night.

With no trace of their friend and evidence of foul play mounting, the remaining four must decide how far they'll go to protect themselves. As accusations fly and paranoia takes hold, no one can be trusted.

©2025 Holly Craig (P)2025 Audible Ltd. Psychological Thriller & Suspense Exciting
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Well performed and great story. Got me hooked from the start, it is a good fun listen.

Engaging thriller

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This was a good audio book that kept me hanging on. The characters are well built.

Entertaining

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A fantastic story, kept me interested right through. The narration was excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Really Exciting

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Totally gripping story, held my attention to the absolute end. Thoroughly recommend it. Will listen to more titles by this author.

Mayday

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This story about a group of friends taking a decadent trip around the Whitsundays islands in Far North Queensland 🇦🇺 started out interesting.

A uber rich heiress, Vivian La Rue, daughter of Rodger La Rue, is treating her friends to an all expenses paid, tour of the islands onboard her yacht, Drifter.

The other passengers:
Vivian’s Boyfriend, American, Hugh, son of a move producer
Australian, Uni student and Vivian’s BF, Amy
English Landed Gentry, Daniel and his GF Cecile

What starts off as Sun, Fun, booze, drugs, wide parties, end s with Vivian playing a manipulative game of secrets.

She knows all their secrets

And,
Eventually, she reveals them via txt messages.

Everything they had wanted to keep hidden

She has all her friends right where she wants them.
Dancing to her tune.

However!

There is one complication.

Her boyfriend Hugh,no longer wants to be her boyfriend, having developed an attraction for Amy.

This causes a few tense moments and ripples amongst the group.

That eventually leads to Vivian’s game playing backfiring with shocking consequences.

This was an okay suspense thriller set in a gorgeous part of the world, but ultimately it didn’t really deliver at the end.
Possibly because I already picked the perpetrator 🤷🏻‍♀️

Who knows, but the three months later wrap up just jacked a decent twist for me

The Location, The Whitsundays 🇦🇺Forced Proximity

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The voices were interesting and easy to listen to. I understood the different characters and easy to relate to.

mayday

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A brilliant cast of narrators for this compelling and brilliantly structured story by Holly Craig. I can’t wait for the next one! There better be a next one!!

Compelling, compulsive and addictive!

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I want to start my review by saying I have really enjoyed this authors first two books.
I was expecting great things from Mayday. The story sounded so fun and interesting, and it was in theory.
The thing I struggled with most throughout the book was not caring about a single character or what happened to them. This made me want it all to just come to an end unfortunately

Great premise

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It wasn’t just the escapism or the mystery - the writing made Mayday absorbing. I looked forward to every listen.

Gripping writing

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Good who dunit story with lots of interesting side lines of friends on a luxury boat

who dunit

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