Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six - by Lisa Unger

About the Book

What could be more restful, more restorative, than a weekend getaway with family and friends? An isolated luxury cabin in the woods, complete with spectacular views, a hot tub and a personal chef. Hannah's loving and generous tech-mogul brother found the listing online. The reviews are stellar. It's his birthday gift to Hannah and includes their spouses and another couple. The six friends need this trip with good food, good company and lots of R & R, far from the chatter and pressures of modern life. But the dreamy weekend is about to turn into a nightmare. A deadly storm is brewing. The rental host seems just a little too present. The personal chef reveals that their beautiful house has a spine-tingling history. And the friends have their own complicated past, with secrets that run blood deep. How well does Hannah know her brother, her own husband? Can she trust her best friend? And who is the new boyfriend, crashing their party? Meanwhile, someone is determined to ruin the weekend, looking to exact a payback for deeds long buried. Who is the stranger among them?

Book Synopsis

"A deliciously tense ride." --Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of One By One

INSTANT BESTSELLER

Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller.

What could be more restful than a weekend getaway with family and friends? An isolated luxury cabin in the woods, spectacular views, a hot tub and a personal chef. Hannah's generous brother found the listing online. The reviews are stellar. It'll be three couples on this trip with good food, good company and lots of R & R.

But the dreamy weekend is about to turn into a nightmare.

A deadly storm is brewing. The rental host seems just a little too present. The personal chef reveals that their beautiful house has a spine-tingling history. And the friends have their own complicated past, with secrets that run blood deep.

How well does Hannah know her brother, her own husband? Can she trust her best friend? Meanwhile, someone is determined to ruin the weekend, looking to exact a payback for deeds long buried. Who is the stranger among them?

- People Magazine Book of the Week
- PopSugar Best Thriller and Mystery
- CrimeReads Best Psychological Thrillers
- Goodreads Editor's and Readers Most Anticipated Book
- BookPage Best Mysteries of November
- BookBub Best Mysteries and Thrillers
- Scary Mommy Best Fall Releases
- St. Paul Pioneer Press Top Reads
- The Saturday Evening Post Best Books to Cozy Up with this Fall

Don't miss The New Couple in 5B, Lisa Unger's newest psychological thriller about a couple that inherits an apartment with a truly chilling past.

Looking for more spine-tingling thrillers? Check out these other titles by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger:

• Under My Skin
• The Stranger Inside
• Confessions on the 7:45
• Last Girl Ghosted
• The New Couple in 5B (coming March 2024!)

Review Quotes

"Lisa Unger is a brilliant writer, on the top of her form. Here, she delivers yet another stellar thriller, packed with tension and twists, but also laced with nuanced insight and characterization. On this weekend away, the cabin and its owner are disquieting, the weather is menacing but the threat level is truly amped up by the disturbing family dynamics and a backstory that grips." --Gilly Macmillan, bestselling author of What She Knew

"Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six is a deliciously tense ride that takes a deep dive into the meaning of family and the price we'll pay for those we love." --Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of One By One

"Master of suspense Lisa Unger ratchets up the tension in her twentieth spellbinding outing, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six. Blending an adrenaline-fueled plot and an expertly drawn cast of characters, Unger is at her atmospheric best in this wickedly chilling story of a getaway gone wrong. In Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six, Unger yanks readers down a dark, twisty path teeming with secrets, obsession, and revenge--I still can't catch my breath. If you pick up just one thriller this year, make it this one." --Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest

"Hidden history and 21st-century technology collide in a breathtaking thriller." --Kirkus, starred review

"Embedded in a riveting novel of suspense is a revealing examination of the dangers inherent in public DNA sharing...[Lisa Unger] is in good form here, in her twentieth outing, and her fans will be eager to dive right in." --Booklist

"Genetics and nature-versus-nurture take the spotlight in Unger's 20th novel...Readers will revel in the search for genealogical justice amid best-kept secrets, while wondering who will live and who will die." --Library Journal, starred review

"Terrifying... Keep the lights on." --PEOPLE

"Unger is a virtuoso of the psychological thriller." --Tampa Bay Times

"Astonishing." --South Florida Sun Sentinel

"Unger sets up the perfect locked room mystery, as precisely as a house of cards, then ratchets up the suspense by deliberately removing one card at a time, while the reader turns the pages breathlessly to see when--and why--it all comes asunder, in this deeply satisfyingly thriller." --Vanessa Cronin, Amazon Editor

"Secrets abound in Lisa Unger's latest thriller, which is so well crafted, you'll be tempted to read all 400 pages in one go." --BookPage