Then There Was One | 
panWendy Cross‘s debut YA SF crime novel mixes AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie with SURVIVOR but while the pacing is fast, it cannot make up for very thin characterisation (including of the 3 POV characters), equally thin world building (with Cross heavily dependent on mentioning an aspect of this universe when she needs to explain a twist) and some heavily foreshadowed twists so that as a result the novel just didn‘t work for me.
pickThree teenagers are thrilled to receive an invitation to compete in 'The Pinnacle', a reality TV contest set on a remote planet where ten teenagers compete to win a cash prize. Bex, Raya, & Zane all have their own reasons to want to win, but when the ten contestants meet on a deserted island, it's not long before they realise that this is no ordinary contest, but a competition to survive & there can only be one winner. (continued)
