The Split - by Sharon Bolton (Paperback)

About the Book

"The remote Antarctic island of South Georgia is about to send off its last boat of the summer - which signifies safety to resident glaciologist Felicity Lloyd. Felicity lives in fear - fear that her ex-husband Freddie will find her, even out here. She took a job on this isolated island to hide from him, but now that he's out of prison, having served a term for murder, she knows he won't give up until he finds her. But a doctor delving into the background of Felicity and Freddie's relationship, back in Cambridge, learns that Felicity has been on the edge for a long time. Heading to South Georgia himself to try and get to her first is the only way he can think of to help her"--

Book Synopsis

Tense, gripping and with a twist you won't see coming, The Split is an explosive new stand-alone thriller from Sharon Bolton about a woman on the run.

No matter how far you run, some secrets will always catch up with you...

The remote Antarctic island of South Georgia is about to send off its last boat of the summer - which signifies safety to resident glaciologist Felicity Lloyd.

Felicity lives in fear - fear that her ex-husband Freddie will find her, even out here. She took a job on this isolated island to hide from him, but now that he's out of prison, having served a term for murder, she knows he won't give up until he finds her.

But a doctor delving into the background of Felicity and Freddie's relationship, back in Cambridge, learns that Felicity has been on the edge for a long time. Heading to South Georgia himself to try and get to her first is the only way he can think of to help her.

Review Quotes

Advance Praise for The Split

"This tightly plotted spellbinder . . . Bolton keeps the reader guessing to the end." -- Publishers Weekly

"Readers will tear through Bolton's (The Craftsman) latest to find out how the disparate threads connect." -- Library Journal

Bolton provides her readers with shivers worthy of her setting . . . Chilling. -- Kirkus Reviews

I'm a huge Sharon Bolton fan, and this is her best yet ... as always, great story, wonderful characters, all floating on a breathless buzz, somewhere between dread and fright. -- Lee Child

Atmospheric and beautifully-written. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse at the edge of the world. -- Erin Kelly

Powerfully atmospheric, unguessably twisty. -- Sunday Times bestseller Elly Griffiths

I love Sharon Bolton's book and this twisty tale takes us back to the spooky isolated landscape of the South Atlantic she writes about so well. --Claire McGowan

About the Author

SHARON BOLTON is a Mary Higgins Clark Award winner and an ITW Thriller Award, CWA Gold Dagger and Barry Award nominee. Her books include the Lacey Flint novels: Now You See Me, Dead Scared, Lost, and A Dark and Twisted Tide, and several standalones. She lives near London, England.