Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

 Siblings Mako and Hannah are retreating with their spouses and a best friend and her plus one to a luxurious cabin in the woods in Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six, the February 2023 book coming from author Lisa Unger. In a second plot line following orphan Henry, thanks to DNA testing, he might be able to find extended family members with the help of one he has already found.



Mako is a technology mogul who has funded the entire getaway for Hannah’s birthday including a private chef so that all can enjoy a weekend that is relaxing as they all have very harried lives. Henry has found an aunt who is into genealogy, and with her help, he starts finding half-siblings, some of whom have died. How these two plots come together is masterful.

Cricket is the best friend of both Mako and Hannah, having once been Mako’s girlfriend. She still has a place in her heart for him, and it is hard to be in the group and watch how tenderly Mako treats his wife Liza. Henry keeps finding out more and more about his family to the point that his wife Piper is concerned he’s too connected to the past than to the present and future. The deaths of half siblings are causing him great concern about his safety.

The weekenders find themselves facing one crisis after another, and the relaxing weekend is turning into a nightmare with power outages, a missing person from their party, and the threat of “somebody out there.”  Henry finds himself racing to stop the person he thinks is killing members of his gene pool. Long kept secrets as well as recent ones come together for one tension-filled climax. No place will a reader want to insert a bookmark as this psychological thriller is simply unputdownable.

This is the 20th book from Lisa Unger, whose last book, Confessions on the 7:45 is  now in development at Netflix with actress Jessica Alba to star. Unger  lives on the west coast of Florida with her family.

My review will be posted on Goodreads starting November 30, 2022.

I would like to thank Legend Press and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in return for an objective review.

 

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