The River

'I COULDN'T TURN THE PAGES FAST ENOUGH' Clare Mackintosh

'BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND UNBEARABLY TENSE' Observer

'UTTER JOY... GLORIOUS DRAMA AND LYRICAL FLAIR' Denise Mina, New York Times

TWO FRIENDS

Wynn and Jack have been best friends since their first day of college, brought together by their shared love of the great outdoors.

THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME

When they decide to take time off university, canoeing down the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate the ultimate wilderness adventure.

No phones. No fellow travellers. No going back.

A HELLISH RIDE

But as a raging wildfire starts to make its way towards them and they stumble across a woman who has been brutally attacked and left for dead, the desperate race for survival becomes a much deadlier game of cat and mouse.