Violet

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When two strangers end up sharing a cabin on the Trans-Siberian Express, an intense friendship develops, one that can only have one ending … a nerve-shattering psychological thriller from bestselling author SJI Holliday

`Such a brilliantly dark compelling story set against such a fantastically exotic backdrop. I don’t think I read the book as much as inhaled it. Compelling, gripping and horrifically entertaining, fasten your seatbelts, this is going to be a bumpy read! I loved it’ Liz Nugent

`Twisted, gripping and totally addictive’ Paddy Magrane

`Echoes of a Killing Eve vibe. Fabulously awful women you will love’ Sarah Pinborough

Carrie’s best friend has an accident and can no longer make the round-the-world trip they’d planned together, so Carrie decides to go it alone. Violet is also travelling alone, after splitting up with her boyfriend in Thailand.

She is also desperate for a ticket on the Trans-Siberian Express, but there is nothing available. When the two women meet in a Beijing Hotel, Carrie makes the impulsive decision to invite Violet to take her best friend’s place. Thrown together in a strange country, and the cramped cabin of the train, the women soon form a bond.

But as the journey continues, through Mongolia and into Russia, things start to unravel – because one of these women is not who she claims to be… A tense and twisted psychological thriller about obsession, manipulation and toxic friendships, Violet also reminds us that there’s a reason why mother told us not to talk to strangers… `

A sumptuously dark psychological thriller with echoes of Patricia Highsmith at her finest, and for fans of Killing Eve’Michael Wood

`Violet is bristling with clever twists – nobody writes scary people quite as brilliantly as Holliday’ Elizabeth Haynes

`I couldn’t stop thinking about Violet after I finished it. Brilliantly atmospheric and exquisitely paced’ Cass Green

`Easily SJI Holliday’s best yet. A fast-paced, darkly thrilling noir that reads like a modern take on Patricia Highsmith’ Mason Cross

`LOVED it. Sick and twisted, it took me straight back to my backpacking days and the wild and crazy folk I encountered. `Tour de force’ is an overused phrase but it works on so many levels with this book’ Syd Moore

`A splendid, hilarious, sardonic Highsmithian romp’ Alex Marwood

`A fast-paced thriller with an ambitious yet perfectly executed backdrop, Violet is deliciously Ripleyesque and an absolute pleasure to read’ Jenny Blackhurst

`Deliciously decadently dark – The Beach meets Single White Female’ Derek Farrell

`A chillingly twisty, psychological thriller from its unsettling opening to it’s shocking ending, it keeps you right on the edge of your seat’ Russel McLean

`Thrilling, shocking, darkly humorous, with richly described settings, Violet is everything you’d want in a psychological thriller’ Lisa Gray

`Smart, slick, original, darkly funny, and hugely entertaining. This is one to seek out. LOVED it. Brava!’ Amanda Jennings

`Like a cross between The Talented Mr Ripley and Single White Female … on a train! Whip-smart writing, devilishly suspenseful and packed with twists, this nail-biting psych thriller is without doubt one of my top reads of 2019′ Steph Broadribb