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Red River Road
Red River Road | Anna Downes
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Anna Downes's extraordinary next thriller follows a woman desperate to discover what happened to her sister on a solo road trip through the Australian outback. Katy Sweeney is determined to find her sister. A year earlier, just three weeks into a solo vanlife trip, free-spirited Phoebe vanished without a trace on Western Australias remote and achingly beautiful Coral Coast. With no witnesses, no leads, and no DNA evidence, the case has gone cold. But Katy refuses to give up. Using Phoebes social media accounts as a map, Katy starts to retrace her steps, searching for the clues that the police have missed. Was Phoebe being followed? Who had she met along the way, and what danger did they pose? Was she as happy as her sun-bleached, lens-flared photos seem to suggest? Then Katys path collides with that of Beth, a young woman on the run from her own dark pastand very recent present. And as Katy realizes that Beth might be her best and only chance of finding the truth, the two women form an uneasy alliance to venture forth into increasingly wild territory to find out what really happened to Phoebe in this breathtaking but maybe deadly place, and how her fate connects them all. Anna Downes takes us on a twist-filled journey into the dark side of solo female travel, in this gripping novel that explores what drives us to keep searching for those we have lost, the family bonds that can make or break us, and the deception of memory.
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Watch out for the twists and turns on this road trip! I was intrigued from the beginning and definitely didn‘t know where it was going. I really liked the atmospheric Western Australian setting and appreciated the insightful author‘s note at the end. 🎧

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Really impressed by this Australian thriller from @AardvarkBookClub ! I had a clue where things were going by the end but she kept me guessing for a while.

Katy is looking for her sister, who disappeared last year during a van life trip around Australia‘s perimeter. She meets a girl with a mysterious and dangerous background with secrets of her own. Can they find Katy‘s sister and escape Lily‘s past? Tiny cliffhanger at the end! #aardvark

Librarybelle I picked this one for my box—so excited to read it! 3mo
BarbaraBB Oow sounds good. Should I read it? I‘m so picky when it comes to thrillers… 3mo
AardvarkBookClub 🫶🫶🫶🫶 3mo
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Megabooks @Librarybelle Yay! Enjoy!
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Megabooks @BarbaraBB Yes, I think you\'d like it. I think you\'d like the solo female traveler aspect, and I thought the twists were well done. 3mo
Megabooks @AardvarkBookClub Nice choice as always! 3mo
BarbaraBB Thanks! Stacked! 3mo
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Anna Downes's extraordinary next thriller Red River Road follows a woman desperate to discover what happened to her sister on a solo road trip through the Australian outback. 🚐 Order a copy today!

#aardvarkbookclub

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Normally, Colored Television would be a no-brainer from @AardvarkBookClub but I‘m hoping to see Senna Saturday at Parnassus and get a signed copy. I‘m psyched about these three, though!! #aardvark

AardvarkBookClub Ahhhh we‘re so jealous if you meet her! 🥰🫶 4mo
Megabooks @AardvarkBookClub thanks! I‘m soooo excited!! 👍🏻🙌🏻 4mo
Avanders Oooh 👏🏽👏🏽 4mo
BarbaraBB So jealous too!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4mo
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This thriller gripped me from the get-go!! With three perspectives, brief chapters and a stunning backdrop, I couldn‘t put this down! It opens with Katy, retracing the missing Phoebe‘s Western Australian solo roadtrip, desperate for any clue as to what happened to her. When she gets a bad vibe at a campsite, she leaves— only to be almost run off the road. And when she pulls over, exits her van for a few moments, she returns to breathing blankets!

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Red River Road

I throughly enjoyed this book. It kept me turning the pages and guessing until the big reveal. I did figure out part but it didn't take from the story at all. It's excellent.

Full review: https://lsmoore49.blogspot.com/2024/08/red-river-road-by-anna-downes.html

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Thank you Sarah Melnyk of @stmartinspress 😀

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Soscha
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How dangerous is it for women to travel alone in Australia? If you've seen "Wolf Lake" you'd probably be cautious and I'm not sure "Red River Road" would console you.

The twists & turners will have you reevaluating everything you've read.

Some deets—Katy‘s younger sister Phoebe vanished while van-life touring so Katy tries to follow her tracks to find her.

THEN hitchhiking Beth sneaks into her van. Who‘s lying? Can they solve it together?

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