The Hiker by M.J. Ford
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
When Sarah hears that her estranged sister Gemma's boyfriend's car is found burned with his body inside near a remote village in the Pennines where the couple was last seen hiking, Sarah, days away from her wedding decides to go look for her. However, when Sarah arrives in the small village, instead of a local population eager to help find Gemma, Sarah finds a hostile group of locals who seem to want her gone. But Sarah is determined to find out what they're hiding because she's now certain it will lead straight to Gemma.
The story is told in the present, from Sarah's point of view, and in the weeks leading up to crash, from Gemma's point of view.
This book has a really great premise, with the remote mountain village with hostile locals and a missing girl, and it lives. up to the hype with an abandoned old manor, a pub named "The Headless Woman," and legends of a weird cat creature that prowls the forest. It's all very suspenseful and makes for good reading. And an intense ending that I did not see coming, to say the least.
Sarah and Gemma were good characters as well, girls who were opposites in pretty much everything, but who you felt for in that they both seemed to want to connect, but didn't each want to make the first step, like in so many real-world relationships. They also each made some poor decisions, which, I mean, who hasn't.
This really was a good, solid thriller, perfect for a spooky weekend read!
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