The Family Holiday

by Shalini Boland

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Pub Date Mar 29 2022 | Archive Date Mar 29 2022

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General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

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Two families. One house swap. A vacation to die for.

The white-washed Italian villa is perfect. I thought it might feel odd, living in a stranger’s house for the summer, but as my husband and children swim in the infinity pool, I start to relax. And then, in the back of a wardrobe, I find something that shatters everything…

Sparkling green eyes, square jaw, lopsided smile. A young man with his arm around a beautiful woman. The picture is old and faded but I’d recognise him anywhere. The man is my husband.

But we’ve never met the family we’ve swapped homes with and my husband swears it isn’t him in the photo. He’s lying. We argue on the balcony with the sun setting behind us and I storm out.

When I finally calm down enough to go back to the villa to confront him, I find his dead body sprawled across the veranda.

Who killed my husband? Was our marriage a lie? And are my children now in terrible danger?

Two families. One house swap. A vacation to die for.

The white-washed Italian villa is perfect. I thought it might feel odd, living in a stranger’s house for the summer, but as my husband and children...

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Advance Praise

Readers love Shalini Boland:

‘WOW!! WOW!! WOW!!… Loved every word… Completely gripping. I had to read in one sitting because it was impossible to put down… The ending was out of this world… Mind blowing!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘WHAT A THRILLER!!!!… This one caused me sleepless nights because I couldn't put it down!!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Oh my!!! Wow!!! Let's all hail Queen Shalini because this is another absolutely FANTASTIC book… A truly brilliant masterpiece.’ Little Miss Book Lover 87, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Boy this Shalini Boland woman sure knows how to write a book!!!!!!… That ending, wow!!!!!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Wow!! Where to even start?!?… I started reading this book this morning and finished it in a day… Absolutely gripping storyline which I got completely sucked into… Unputdownable… Wasn’t even close to working out what was going on, soooo many red herrings… WELL DONE Shalini!… Absolutely gripping!’ Bookworm86, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I have goosebumps… This book is EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!… Had I known I was in for such a wild ride I would have started reading this book earlier in the day instead of being kept up all night!’ ThrillByThePage Book Blogger, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Brilliant… So addictive that once I had started I couldn’t put it down and couldn’t go to bed till it was finished in the early hours.’ Fiction Café, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘So gripping… A mind-blowing addictive story that is unputdownable… Absolutely brilliant with so many massive twists.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Shalini Boland is an absolute queen… Completely blown away, I don’t know how this author does it but each book just gets better and better… Absolutely fantastic read and one I cannot recommend enough! This is a book worthy of all the stars to show just how wonderful a read this is.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Readers love Shalini Boland:

‘WOW!! WOW!! WOW!!… Loved every word… Completely gripping. I had to read in one sitting because it was impossible to put down… The ending was out of this world… Mind...