Isolation Island

IT'S A PRIZE ANYONE WOULD KILL TO WIN...

Ten celebrities have arrived to take part in the most gruelling - and lucrative - reality survival show ever devised: two weeks completely alone on a remote Scottish island, in the depths of winter.

With a production team that seems incapable of keeping them safe, a gathering storm and the unrelenting gaze of hidden cameras, the contestants are stretched to the limit as they try and outshine their fellow competitors and hide their darkest secrets.

But when a contestant winds up dead, it soon becomes clear that the players are not just fighting for the prize, but for their lives.

I had a storm of a time on Isolation Island, the cool debut thriller from Louise Minchin. A windswept landscape, a graveyard, an old monastery and a gaggle of minor celebrities competing for a reality TV prize... except one is Hollywood A-lister Nate Stirling and everyone has secrets to keep and lies to tell. This is a beautifully accomplished debut with vivid characters, surprising twists and an insider's beady eye on the TV industry. Slick, stylish and thoroughly enjoyable. -- Janice Hallett
Louise Minchin's debut is pacy and tense with true-to-life characters that leap off the page. I loved it! -- Clare Mackintosh
ISOLATION ISLAND blew me away. I loved being transported into the unsettling world of reality television, in a way that felt totally authentic and immersive. Lauren is a compelling character to follow, a journalist risking her career to expose a monster - and we're with her every step of the way. A page-turning, atmospheric thriller that kept me guessing right up until the final page.' -- Amy McCulloch
Reality TV is supposed to be fun, but this one turns deadly. Addictive, dark, and darkly funny, too. This deserves to be huge. -- Gillian McAllister
Gripped me from start to finish -- Alex Gray
Slick, smart and suspenseful -- C. L. Pattison
A page turning thriller with the perfect mix of a remote island, a storm, characters you'll love to hate, and murder. Isolation Island is addictive, atmospheric, and beautifully written, with twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the end. -- Alice Feeney
Gripping, compelling and way more terrifying than any TV reality show -- Peter James
Brilliant - the best debut thriller I have ever read -- Rob Rinder

Louise Minchin is best known for her twenty-year stint on BBC Breakfast's red sofa, but she has also been the main news anchor on the BBC News Channel and the BBC's One O'clock News and presented The One Show, Five Live Drive, Real Rescues and Missing Live. Her television career has also seen her participate in a number of reality TV shows including ITV's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, Channel 4's Time Crashers and the BBC's Celebrity MasterChef.

Louise has also written non-fiction titles, Dare to Tri and Fearless, and she was Chair of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023.

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