Title: The Cabin
Author: Natasha Preston
Genre: YA, Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Release Date: 6th September 2016
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There may only be one killer, but no one is innocent in this new thriller from Natasha Preston, author of The Cellar and Awake.
When Mackenzie treks to a secluded cabin in the woods with six friends, she expects a fun weekend of partying, drinking, and hookups. But when they wake to find two of their own dead and covered in blood, it's clear there's a killer among them.
As the police try to unravel the case, Mackenzie launches her own investigation. Before long secrets start to emerge, revealing a sinister web of sins among the original seven friends. The killer is still free. Every one of them is a suspect. And Mackenzie starts to realize that no one is innocent…
When Mackenzie treks to a secluded cabin in the woods with six friends, she expects a fun weekend of partying, drinking, and hookups. But when they wake to find two of their own dead and covered in blood, it's clear there's a killer among them.
As the police try to unravel the case, Mackenzie launches her own investigation. Before long secrets start to emerge, revealing a sinister web of sins among the original seven friends. The killer is still free. Every one of them is a suspect. And Mackenzie starts to realize that no one is innocent…
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EXCERPT
I flicked my eyes open in time to see
Megan stick out her tongue at Josh and stumble up the stairs. Blake was quiet
but smirking at the scene.
You so like Blake. I did—-much more than I should.
“What’s your problem?” Aaron asked Josh,
slumping back against the end of the sofa from his place on the floor. “Ever
since Tilly and Gigi died, you’ve been a complete dick.”
Before that too.
I curled
up, not wanting to talk about my dead friends with Josh. It made me violently
angry when I thought about the things he’s said and what he was doing. You can
be glad you didn’t die, but it’s unacceptable to be glad someone else did. I
gritted my teeth.
“What’s your problem?” Josh sneered. “You dumped Tilly just before,
remember?”
Aaron’s eyes darkened. “You know what,
Josh? Drop dead! I swear if you ever say her name again, I’ll kill you.” I
expected Aaron to get up and lunge for Josh. But he just sat there. Was he too
drunk to move as well? That didn’t usually stop him.
Sighing, I scrubbed my face with my
hands. Nights always ended in arguments now and I was tired of it.
“Stop!” Courtney shouted. “End it now.”
I clenched
my fists. How could she not see who Josh really was? That he was the
instigator? Aaron shook his head and took another swig from his bottle of vodka,
finishing the last drop. I wanted to get up and leave the room, but I couldn’t
even raise my arm. My eyes suddenly weighed a ton again. I was so over this. I
felt horrible. I probably looked it too. The room spun, and I my limbs got
lighter and lighter, like they were going to lift and I’d float off. Snuggling
into the sofa with a throw pillow, I drifted.
It only felt like minutes later when I
was woken up by the bravest human on earth. I don’t come out of sleep
gracefully. This had better be good. “What?” I growled.
Blake’s very amused expression was the first thing I saw when I reluctantly
opened my eyes.
His eyes lit up and he grinned. “Your
shirt.”
I propped myself up on one elbow and
looked down. My shirt was still on, so I didn’t know what he was going on
about. “What? My what, Blake?”
“It’s…” He traced his finger along my
hip bone, where my shirt had ridden up an inch or two, showing a small slice of
skin. Oh. I tried to breathe normally, but my senses were
on overload. His intense gaze was all I could see, and that woody, masculine
aftershave was all I could smell. His fingertip trailing over my skin tickled
and left me breathless.
I looked around to see if anyone else
was awake. Kyle and Aaron were sprawled and snoring on the floor. Courtney and
Josh were nowhere to be seen, probably upstairs. Hypocrites. “You woke me up to
touch my stomach?” I asked as calmly as I could.
“No, I woke you up to see if you’ve
known me long enough to let me take you to bed yet.”
No, he hasn’t, but I can
feel all logic jumping right out of the window. I’ve never wanted someone I
barely knew before, but Blake is different.
My eyebrows shot up in shock, but my
heart raced with excitement. I didn’t know Blake, not really, but I couldn’t
get my brain to function well enough to convince me of that. Before I could
reply, Blake’s lips touched mine, and that was when logical thought ended. I
let him take me upstairs.
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