The Island -- Adrian McKinty

<p><b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Chain</i> comes a pulse-pounding thriller about a family that must face their darkest fears--and deepest secrets--when they go on the run for their lives.</b></p> INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER - A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> "BEST THRILLER OF 2022" <p/> "Unrelenting suspense." --Stephen King <p/> "Extraordinary." <i>--</i>T. J. Newman, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of<i> Falling</i> <p/> "You'll never go on vacation the same way again." --Don Winslow, <i>New York Time</i>s bestselling author of <i>City On Fire</i> <p/> IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY VACATION. <br> A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT CHANGED EVERYTHING. <br> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE CAPABLE OF UNTIL THEY COME FOR YOUR FAMILY. <p/> After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they're deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. <p/> When they discover remote Dutch Island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram. <p/> But as soon as they set foot on the island, which is run by a tightly knit clan of locals, everything feels wrong. Then a shocking accident propels the Baxters from an unsettling situa