The Castaways

· Grove Press
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TWO MILLION COPY AND INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

“A thrilling escape.”—Marie Claire (UK)

“An elegant, sinister, beautiful nightmare.”—Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark

Long Bright River meets Lost in this adrenaline-fueled thriller of a missing plane, a remote island, and two sisters torn apart when a vacation turns unthinkably deadly

Two years ago, a small plane disappeared over Fiji. For Erin, it’s been two years of obsessing over every detail, refusing to move forward even as life does. Her sister Lori was on that plane, and Erin was meant to be, too, but after a bitter argument, she failed to show. Everyone thinks Lori is dead, but Erin can’t let go.

Just when Erin is on the verge of losing hope, the pilot of the missing plane turns up still in Fiji, seemingly with no memory of the crash. In a final bid to find her sister, Erin travels there herself—but what she discovers is beyond anything she could have predicted.

A sharp-edged, darkly propulsive novel following two sisters whose lives are upended when their vacation of a lifetime goes disastrously awry, The Castaways is another scorcher from “queen of the destination thriller” (Claire Douglas) and million-copy bestselling author Lucy Clarke.

TWO MILLION COPY AND INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR “A thrilling escape.”—Marie Claire (UK) “An elegant, sinister, beautiful nightmare.”—Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark Long Bright River meets Lost in this adrenaline-fueled thriller of a missing plane, a remote island, a...

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1 review
Linda Brown
January 7, 2026
Mesmerizing tropical suspense🌴🏝🛩 Fantastic! I read this in less than a day because I literally could not put it down! An argument between vacationing British sisters Lori & Erin, who have had to be close as they lost both parents at a young age, ends in catastrophe as one sister remains behind & the other disappears in a small plane somewhere over the South Pacific. Will they ever get the chance to reunite? Effective use of the two sisters' POVS & two timelines. Tense, great writing👍
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Lucy Clarke is the internationally bestselling author of nine destination thrillers. Two of her thrillers, The Castaways and No Escape, have been adapted for screen. Her novels have sold more than a million copies worldwide. She lives in Bournemouth, UK.
Lucy Clarke is the internationally bestselling author of nine destination thrillers. Two of her thrillers, The Castaways and No Escape, have been adapted for screen. Her novels have sold more than a million copies worldwide. She lives in Bournemouth, UK.

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