Poison Bay A Wild Crimes murder mystery edition by Belinda Pollard Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Praise for Poison Bay
"A gripping story with plenty of mystery and twists." ~ Wordsmith
"A complex thriller set in an amazing location." ~ Goodreads
When the wilderness is not your only enemy, who do you trust?
Television reporter Callie Brown likes big cities and good coffee. But, running from a broken heart, she agrees to join old friends at the strangest of reunions a trek into New Zealand's most savage and remote mountains.
What she doesn't know is that someone wants them all dead.
Eight people were in the room when a fledgling actress died. Ten years later they are invited on an incredible journey, all expenses paid.
By the time they understand the expedition's true purpose, old secrets are baring their claws, and it is too late to turn back.
Poison Bay is a gripping psychological thriller introducing the Wild Crimes murder mystery series, set in the majestic wildernesses of Australia and New Zealand
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Praise for Poison Bay
"Suspenseful and nearly impossible to put down." ~ Literary Inklings
"My jaw actually dropped a couple of times." ~
"An engrossing and unpredictable thriller. Highly recommended." ~ Goodreads
"A seriously wild ride that will have you feeling the rain pelting your face and the mountainside crumbling underfoot." ~ Goodreads
"Keeps you turning the pages, and guessing right up until the end." ~
"An explosive ending that is more like a James Bond movie." ~
Poison Bay A Wild Crimes murder mystery edition by Belinda Pollard Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
Poison Bay by Belinda Pollard will make you never want to go camping again. This is a truly scary book which will leave the reader to appreciate the need for self-reliance in situations of crisis when to face the crisis means the possibility of winning and failure means death. And if you think you had friends along on the ride; you will be disappointed. In this novel, another name for friends is “suspects.”The end-of-high-school party should have been a great party. It was, until Liana showed up with a gun and, after threatening some of her former classmates, committed suicide instead. But this is the beginning of the story, not the end. Readers may never be entirely clear about how eight of her classmates, and other characters in this story, spent the following almost-decade. But almost ten years later, eight of those present at the party, all with private thoughts and memories of Liana, will meet in a remote wilderness area of New Zealand to commemorate the anniversary of her death by a hike through some very rugged country. Several of them would wonder why they participated; they were not hikers.
Bryan was a spoiled rich kid and the boyfriend of Liana. One sign that he took her death hard was that he lived as a tour guide in a remote area. He organized the memorial hike. Not only did he send invitations; he provided money to his former colleagues so they could buy the proper equipment to survive almost anything in the area they would hike through. Bryan warned them there would be hazards if they were not careful. It was winter, there were snowstorms and rainstorms. And avalanches. And weird huge birds the size of large parrots which were aggressive and would steal camper supplies. But Bryan had used the ten years to become an expert woodsman, tracker, hunter, fisherman, and survival expert. He knew the best equipment to buy, the right amounts of the best food to take, and the best communication devices to take in case of emergencies.
The reader meets the party and gets to know something of them before the trek starts. The reader also meets some of the local inhabitants of the area, people who also know the area, Sgt. Hubble and his trusted deputy, Tom Ganton. There is a subtle hint before the trek that something isn’t right. Bryan has told the police a different version of the hikers’ destination than the one he told the hikers. Still, everyone is well equipped, so off they go.
During the first part of the planned ten-day trip, the first several days strain the stamina and strength of all but Bryan. The others are a bit put off by his demanding pace, but all go along because they know when they arrive at a certain point they will meet a boat, the tough part of the journey will be over, and they will return to the land of the Big Mac and normality.
But Bryan has a plan, one that developed from a sense of just revenge for an imagined murder of Liana. All the people invited on the trek had responsibility for Liana’s death. Bryan thought the time had arrived for them to pay. After forcing the hikers to a point of utter exhaustion, Bryan revealed to them the real reason for the hike; all participants were to die. Bryan led by example when he committed suicide by jumping off a cliff into water cold enough to kill within seconds. Although Bryan had revealed their ultimate planned fate, he did not reveal the several sabotage points of equipment he had made. The satellite phone and GPS didn’t work. The food they brought along would not support a trip back along the path they had come, even if they could find the path. And Bryan had made secret deals with some members of the trekkers that assured them wealth, but only if they (or him, or her) were to be the sole survivor.
So the inexperienced trekkers marched on. They did not have orienteering skills. People got sick. People died (or were killed). As the number of trekkers dwindled, suspicions arose among the survivors. Who had possibly killed one of their colleagues? Who was hoarding food? Why was Kain so stand-offish? Will Jack and Callie have a relationship? Will they survive? Rachel has a supply of insulin, but not enough if they get lost. Will she survive? And, as an aside, who brought the gun?
There are many, many surprises here. I have not even hinted at the surprises that happen at the basecamp for the search efforts once it became apparent that the trekkers were overdue. Characters are well developed and put into incredibly stressful situations to explore core personalities.
With all that, there are beautiful descriptions of nature and the power of nature as all characters alternately praise and curse natural events that kill some characters and aid others in their survival attempts.
This is a great, read-it-in-one-sitting book.
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Poison Bay A Wild Crimes murder mystery edition by Belinda Pollard Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
I loved this book! It's well written and never gets boring. I found myself reading until the wee hours of the morning, because I just had to know how the story ended. I've been to Fjordland and the author's descriptions of Te Anau and the wilderness brought back a lot of great memories. It's a breathtakingly beautiful place with unpredictable weather that can quickly change. At least there are no dangerous animals!
This is an well-written, suspense-filled page turner that will keep you guessing until the very end. And all along the way you will be cheering on the good guys. Belinda Pollard manages to keep all the different threads from tangling in this complex plot and ties up everything neatly in the end--but not too neatly, as the end does not read like a fairy tale. But no spoilers here. I'll let you find out for yourselves.
As an avid hiker and visitor to the story location I really enjoyed reading this book. It had good pace and enough twists and turns to keep it really interesting. The hints at romance could have been developed a little further IMO (without needing to take anything too far!), the connections were there between the characters but it was just left up to the reader to decide where or not it might lead. That's an interesting technique, but I probably just could have used a little more direction in those relationships born under such difficult circumstances.
Poison Bay is suspenseful, has a great and complex backstory without being onerous and is set us such a beautiful part of the world you have to either read it, visit or both! Well done Belinda )
A group from school meet up ten years later for a reunion (of sorts) and set out on a tramp in New Zealand's beautiful, but dangerous South Island. The group have to survive the ever changing elements, a challenge in itself, as well as the gradual realisation that one of the group has lethal plans of their own. There are a few info dumping, telling sections but overall, these do not detract from the clever plot, the majesty of the location and the multi-faceted characters, like Callie a city girl who likes her coffee and urban life but who discovers hidden strength and determination as she battles to survive in the inhospitable mountains.Recommended.
An unusual story line AND location make this book well worth the read. With many emotional and physical hurdles to overcome, I kept promising myself 'just one more chapter'! The quality of writing in this, her first book, makes me keen to read more. Although there is a lot of soul searching and not (to my mind) much physical description, the essence of this book is about how different people react to a common experience - both past and present. Happy reading!
Poison Bay is the first book of the Wild Crimes series. This is an amazing story with lots of twists and turns and suspense! A hiking guide assembles seven of his former high school friends for a hiking trip in the rugged mountains of New Zealand. After many days out he suddenly tells them that he didn't tell the authorities where they were really going and that no one knows where they are. Then he jumps off a cliff into the ocean leaving them with no means of communication and only a vague idea of where they are. The narrative switches back and forth between the struggling hikers and the police who are trying to find them. I stayed up late two nights reading as this is one of those can't-put-it-down books! I definitely recommend this book and look forward to reading more of this series. Ms. Pollard has become one of my favorite authors. She has the formula down pat for thrillers!
Poison Bay by Belinda Pollard will make you never want to go camping again. This is a truly scary book which will leave the reader to appreciate the need for self-reliance in situations of crisis when to face the crisis means the possibility of winning and failure means death. And if you think you had friends along on the ride; you will be disappointed. In this novel, another name for friends is “suspects.”
The end-of-high-school party should have been a great party. It was, until Liana showed up with a gun and, after threatening some of her former classmates, committed suicide instead. But this is the beginning of the story, not the end. Readers may never be entirely clear about how eight of her classmates, and other characters in this story, spent the following almost-decade. But almost ten years later, eight of those present at the party, all with private thoughts and memories of Liana, will meet in a remote wilderness area of New Zealand to commemorate the anniversary of her death by a hike through some very rugged country. Several of them would wonder why they participated; they were not hikers.
Bryan was a spoiled rich kid and the boyfriend of Liana. One sign that he took her death hard was that he lived as a tour guide in a remote area. He organized the memorial hike. Not only did he send invitations; he provided money to his former colleagues so they could buy the proper equipment to survive almost anything in the area they would hike through. Bryan warned them there would be hazards if they were not careful. It was winter, there were snowstorms and rainstorms. And avalanches. And weird huge birds the size of large parrots which were aggressive and would steal camper supplies. But Bryan had used the ten years to become an expert woodsman, tracker, hunter, fisherman, and survival expert. He knew the best equipment to buy, the right amounts of the best food to take, and the best communication devices to take in case of emergencies.
The reader meets the party and gets to know something of them before the trek starts. The reader also meets some of the local inhabitants of the area, people who also know the area, Sgt. Hubble and his trusted deputy, Tom Ganton. There is a subtle hint before the trek that something isn’t right. Bryan has told the police a different version of the hikers’ destination than the one he told the hikers. Still, everyone is well equipped, so off they go.
During the first part of the planned ten-day trip, the first several days strain the stamina and strength of all but Bryan. The others are a bit put off by his demanding pace, but all go along because they know when they arrive at a certain point they will meet a boat, the tough part of the journey will be over, and they will return to the land of the Big Mac and normality.
But Bryan has a plan, one that developed from a sense of just revenge for an imagined murder of Liana. All the people invited on the trek had responsibility for Liana’s death. Bryan thought the time had arrived for them to pay. After forcing the hikers to a point of utter exhaustion, Bryan revealed to them the real reason for the hike; all participants were to die. Bryan led by example when he committed suicide by jumping off a cliff into water cold enough to kill within seconds. Although Bryan had revealed their ultimate planned fate, he did not reveal the several sabotage points of equipment he had made. The satellite phone and GPS didn’t work. The food they brought along would not support a trip back along the path they had come, even if they could find the path. And Bryan had made secret deals with some members of the trekkers that assured them wealth, but only if they (or him, or her) were to be the sole survivor.
So the inexperienced trekkers marched on. They did not have orienteering skills. People got sick. People died (or were killed). As the number of trekkers dwindled, suspicions arose among the survivors. Who had possibly killed one of their colleagues? Who was hoarding food? Why was Kain so stand-offish? Will Jack and Callie have a relationship? Will they survive? Rachel has a supply of insulin, but not enough if they get lost. Will she survive? And, as an aside, who brought the gun?
There are many, many surprises here. I have not even hinted at the surprises that happen at the basecamp for the search efforts once it became apparent that the trekkers were overdue. Characters are well developed and put into incredibly stressful situations to explore core personalities.
With all that, there are beautiful descriptions of nature and the power of nature as all characters alternately praise and curse natural events that kill some characters and aid others in their survival attempts.
This is a great, read-it-in-one-sitting book.
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