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Shiver Hardcover – 19 January 2021
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- Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons (19 January 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 400 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0593187830
- ISBN-13 : 978-0593187838
- Dimensions : 16.08 x 3.48 x 23.55 cm
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One of PopSugar and Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of January "[A] gripping debut thriller... Reynolds writes with the same fast-paced intensity of an energy drink-fueled trip down the slopes. Alongside its central mystery, Shiver offers an intimate look at the convoluted relationships of athletes who excel at a sport most people are too cautious even to attempt--including what happens when the truth becomes inescapable, both because of the blizzard and other equally unpredictable forces."--Shelf Awareness Deep in the breathtaking winter bleakness of the French Alps, revenge--and perhaps even murder--is most definitely afoot...This suspenseful debut thriller by a former freestyle snowboarder contains both style and substance.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "[A] buzzy debut...The story alternates between the present and 10 years prior, ratcheting up the suspense and spooling out a cast of intriguing characters drawn together atop a picturesque yet deadly mountain. Reynolds, a former international snowboarder, delivers the thrills in her must-read debut.--Library Journal (starred review) Will chill you to the bone.--New York Post Exciting...Reynolds, a former competitive snowboarder, brings authenticity to her Alpine setting with her detailed descriptions of the sport. Fans of locked-room mysteries will have fun.--Publishers Weekly "An atmospheric winter treat. Recommend it to those who enjoyed recent tales of reunions gone awry.--Booklist
"Reynolds, a former snowboarder turned author, delivers with this locked-room mystery that calls to mind a Golden Age tradition of disparate characters summoned to isolated locales to reckon with their sins."--CrimeReads Ultimately, Shiver presents a mind-racing puzzle that quivers with excitement.-- Mystery and Suspense Magazine
Allie Reynolds' debut novel is full of suspense and a multitude of plot twists....A genuine page-turner that will keep you guessing until the very end.--Bookreporter.com "[A] compelling locked-room thriller...this buzzy debut is filled with suspense and thrills that will keep you reading long into the night."--Bookriot A fantastic debut!...This aptly named thriller will keep you riveted in your seat...This author skillfully weaves her knowledge of snowboarding with a mystery full of twists and turns... A winter thriller must-read."--Manhattan Book Review "Allie Reynolds' aptly named debut Shiver sent chills up my spine! This taut and twisty thriller follows five former snowboarding champions trapped in a deserted ski resort, each hiding dark secrets about their shared past that pit them against one another. Cancel all your plans because once you pick up this page turner, you won't be able to put it down until you've reached its shocking conclusion!"--Katherine St. John, author of The Lion's Den "Five former friends who no longer trust each other are stranded on top of a mountain--what could go wrong? Every character is a suspect in this cleverly plotted page-turner. Reynolds' writing is so atmospheric; I could feel the snow in my eyes, the wind on my face! All hail the chiller thriller."--Stephanie Wrobel, author of Darling Rose Gold "A tour-de-force, a truly gripping chiller of a thriller, genuinely impossible to put down and a sensational debut.--Peter James, author of Find Them Dead A high-velocity, heart-in-your-mouth whodunnit that delivers not just twists and turns but McTwists and aerial spins, Shiver is a total joy to read...Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware."--Anna Downes, author of The Safe Place Could not turn the pages of this book fast enough to find out what had happened. Gripping! Natasha Lester, author of The Paris Secret "Exhilarating. A brilliant combination of knife-sharp locked room mystery with a will they/won't storyline. So cleverly done - I felt like I was there."--Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
"In Shiver, Allie Reynolds manages to combine the excitement of a clever, compelling story with all the thrills of competitive snowboarding. I loved it."--Rachel Abbott, author of The Murder Game
"A white-knuckle-ride through a dangerous world full of deadly ambition."--Erin Kelly, author of He Said, She Said An absolutely gripping read and genuinely unputdownable...Fresh, thrilling and original with complex, believable characters.--Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend
A deliciously dark locked room mystery about competitive snowboarders who find themselves stranded at the top of a snowy mountain. Throw in a dead woman, shameful secrets, years of resentment and someone out for revenge and you have an exciting, twisty page-turner that keeps you guessing all the way to the end.--CL Taylor, author of Sleep
Absolutely superb. I loved the claustrophobic setting, the cast of characters and the mysterious past. It was paced beautifully and I flew through it in one cold, creepy weekend. It's an astonishingly accomplished debut and I can't wait to see what's next from Allie.--Jo Spain This stunning debut, set against an original and very cool snowboarding backdrop, will chill you to the bone! Allie Reynolds brilliantly leads readers on a twisted, haunting, nail-biting journey through a terrifying weekend. With alternating timelines and characters with their own dangerous agendas, Shiver is a tour de force of a thriller. I could not put this book down!--Samantha Bailey, author of Woman on the Edge
"Reynolds, a former snowboarder turned author, delivers with this locked-room mystery that calls to mind a Golden Age tradition of disparate characters summoned to isolated locales to reckon with their sins."--CrimeReads Ultimately, Shiver presents a mind-racing puzzle that quivers with excitement.-- Mystery and Suspense Magazine
Allie Reynolds' debut novel is full of suspense and a multitude of plot twists....A genuine page-turner that will keep you guessing until the very end.--Bookreporter.com "[A] compelling locked-room thriller...this buzzy debut is filled with suspense and thrills that will keep you reading long into the night."--Bookriot A fantastic debut!...This aptly named thriller will keep you riveted in your seat...This author skillfully weaves her knowledge of snowboarding with a mystery full of twists and turns... A winter thriller must-read."--Manhattan Book Review "Allie Reynolds' aptly named debut Shiver sent chills up my spine! This taut and twisty thriller follows five former snowboarding champions trapped in a deserted ski resort, each hiding dark secrets about their shared past that pit them against one another. Cancel all your plans because once you pick up this page turner, you won't be able to put it down until you've reached its shocking conclusion!"--Katherine St. John, author of The Lion's Den "Five former friends who no longer trust each other are stranded on top of a mountain--what could go wrong? Every character is a suspect in this cleverly plotted page-turner. Reynolds' writing is so atmospheric; I could feel the snow in my eyes, the wind on my face! All hail the chiller thriller."--Stephanie Wrobel, author of Darling Rose Gold "A tour-de-force, a truly gripping chiller of a thriller, genuinely impossible to put down and a sensational debut.--Peter James, author of Find Them Dead A high-velocity, heart-in-your-mouth whodunnit that delivers not just twists and turns but McTwists and aerial spins, Shiver is a total joy to read...Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware."--Anna Downes, author of The Safe Place Could not turn the pages of this book fast enough to find out what had happened. Gripping! Natasha Lester, author of The Paris Secret "Exhilarating. A brilliant combination of knife-sharp locked room mystery with a will they/won't storyline. So cleverly done - I felt like I was there."--Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
"In Shiver, Allie Reynolds manages to combine the excitement of a clever, compelling story with all the thrills of competitive snowboarding. I loved it."--Rachel Abbott, author of The Murder Game
"A white-knuckle-ride through a dangerous world full of deadly ambition."--Erin Kelly, author of He Said, She Said An absolutely gripping read and genuinely unputdownable...Fresh, thrilling and original with complex, believable characters.--Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend
A deliciously dark locked room mystery about competitive snowboarders who find themselves stranded at the top of a snowy mountain. Throw in a dead woman, shameful secrets, years of resentment and someone out for revenge and you have an exciting, twisty page-turner that keeps you guessing all the way to the end.--CL Taylor, author of Sleep
Absolutely superb. I loved the claustrophobic setting, the cast of characters and the mysterious past. It was paced beautifully and I flew through it in one cold, creepy weekend. It's an astonishingly accomplished debut and I can't wait to see what's next from Allie.--Jo Spain This stunning debut, set against an original and very cool snowboarding backdrop, will chill you to the bone! Allie Reynolds brilliantly leads readers on a twisted, haunting, nail-biting journey through a terrifying weekend. With alternating timelines and characters with their own dangerous agendas, Shiver is a tour de force of a thriller. I could not put this book down!--Samantha Bailey, author of Woman on the Edge
About the Author
British-born Allie Reynolds is a former freestyle snowboarder who swapped her snowboard for a surfboard and moved to the Gold Coast in Australia, where she taught English as a foreign language for fifteen years. She still lives in Australia with her family. Reynolds's short fiction has been published in women's magazines in the UK, Australia, Sweden, and South Africa. Shiver is her debut novel.
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Devoured this in 3 days - simply couldn't put it down! Lots of twists and turns kept me guessing right til the very end and I'm still thinking about it days later. The main character was a little irritating at times, but that was woven into the purpose of the story well. Look forward to reading whatever Allie Reynolds does next.
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It’s the first fiction book I’ve read in over 10 years and I simply couldn’t put it down. Author, Allie Reynolds has mastered the art of the whodunnit genre complete with a big reveal at the end you won’t see coming. Thanks Allie for getting me back into the joy of reading well crafted fiction.
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It's a unique storyline, interesting the whole way through. A great writing style. It was really suspenseful and really was a thriller!
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Absolutely devoured this book, it's action packed with characters that are well developed. Finished it in a couple of days, highly recommend.
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Reviewed in Australia on 25 March 2021
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Loved reading this book. Could not put it down. I tried, as I read it, to work it out but couldn’t. To me , that’s makes it a great mystery.
Highly recommend this read.
Highly recommend this read.
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Reviewed in Australia on 12 March 2021
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Little clunky at the start but well worth pursuing as the character interaction and who did what when builds and you find yourself strapped into the mountain chair lift! Great read and looking forward to more from this up coming author!
Reviewed in Australia on 9 March 2021
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Easy read. Enjoyed how jumped forward and backyards in chapters by 10 years. Kept you guessing.
Reviewed in Australia on 6 March 2021
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Great to start but unfortunately very predictable towards the end
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George K.
2.0 out of 5 stars
BORING!
Reviewed in the United States on 30 January 2021Verified Purchase
I found this debut novel very disappointing on several levels: 1) Poorly written; teeming with cliched narration,e.g.," ...just like that the inside world doesn't exist anymore.There's only him and me." Really?
2. alternating chapter time periods becomes irritating about half-way through the book.
3. Present day mystery takes too long to develop and becomes tedious instead of suspenseful. Novel could easily be trimmed by at least 100 pages.
4. The narrator main character is unappealing. Her constant wrong choices attributed to her ultra competitiveness is repetitive and unrealistic.
5. Too much snowboarding for the uninitiated. Gets in the way of the "mystery."
2. alternating chapter time periods becomes irritating about half-way through the book.
3. Present day mystery takes too long to develop and becomes tedious instead of suspenseful. Novel could easily be trimmed by at least 100 pages.
4. The narrator main character is unappealing. Her constant wrong choices attributed to her ultra competitiveness is repetitive and unrealistic.
5. Too much snowboarding for the uninitiated. Gets in the way of the "mystery."
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Riveting -- I liked it so much I bought it twice!
Reviewed in the United States on 7 March 2021Verified Purchase
I confess whodunit thrillers aren’t a normal genre for me (that might change). The last book I read in this vein was “And Then There Were None” in gradeschool about 40 years ago. But I was in the mood and intrigued by the snowboarding element when this caught my eye. What a great read it turned out to be!
The setup surrounds 8 Olympic-hopeful snowboarders who spend a winter training together at a French resort. The winter ends disastrously with one of them missing and presumed dead and another crippled in a horrific accident. The trauma splits the group apart with almost no contact between them afterwards. Flash forward 10 years and 5 of them arrive for an off-season reunion at the mountaintop resort. Once there they discover they’re alone, the cable car and phones are disabled, the emergency radios are missing, and the person(s) they thought organized the reunion are denying it. Then a strange Icebreaker game suggests one of them is a killer…and that they may not be alone after all.
The writing style grabbed me by the 3rd chapter. Reynolds writes succinct sentences that convey info without bogging you with extra words. It makes the pages fly. And the chapters are short and most end on a cliffhanger leaving you clamoring for the next. They alternate between present day and 10 years ago so you often scream as you shift back to the other timeline, then you remember you needed the resolution to its cliffhanger and quickly get sucked in again. It propels you right through the book. Hard to put down.
Reynolds does a great job getting you invested in her characters. Anybody who’s been through their early 20’s with a coed group of friends will relate to this. You feel like you know all of them. There are multiple points where you have good reasons to suspect each, but at the same time you don’t want it to be any of them because you’ve come to care. They’re all broken in some way by the events of 10 years ago. They’re not the same people. It keeps you off balance throughout.
Your intelligence is never insulted. The heroine comes to smart conclusions that a lazier writer would have avoided. She reasons out every angle as we progress. If you suspect it, she does too. She even got ahead of me a couple of times.
They say to write what you know and Reynolds clearly knows winter sports. It feels like she’s writing about herself. A real strength of the book is the authentic glimpse into the life of a winter athlete. I’ve seen some reviews complain about the snowboarding elements. I’ve never snowboarded in my life but had no trouble following what was described. It was all relevant and never bogs the story.
Btw: These days I get most of my books in e-book format. I got Shiver as an e-book, but enjoyed it so much I had to have the HB for my shelf! Lol. I’ve never done that with any other book, so if that’s an indication of how impressed I was, take it for what it’s worth. I will mention the HB has a nice two-page map of the resort. In the e-book you have to scroll around to see it all and it’s frustrating. I also love the jacket art on HB.
The setup surrounds 8 Olympic-hopeful snowboarders who spend a winter training together at a French resort. The winter ends disastrously with one of them missing and presumed dead and another crippled in a horrific accident. The trauma splits the group apart with almost no contact between them afterwards. Flash forward 10 years and 5 of them arrive for an off-season reunion at the mountaintop resort. Once there they discover they’re alone, the cable car and phones are disabled, the emergency radios are missing, and the person(s) they thought organized the reunion are denying it. Then a strange Icebreaker game suggests one of them is a killer…and that they may not be alone after all.
The writing style grabbed me by the 3rd chapter. Reynolds writes succinct sentences that convey info without bogging you with extra words. It makes the pages fly. And the chapters are short and most end on a cliffhanger leaving you clamoring for the next. They alternate between present day and 10 years ago so you often scream as you shift back to the other timeline, then you remember you needed the resolution to its cliffhanger and quickly get sucked in again. It propels you right through the book. Hard to put down.
Reynolds does a great job getting you invested in her characters. Anybody who’s been through their early 20’s with a coed group of friends will relate to this. You feel like you know all of them. There are multiple points where you have good reasons to suspect each, but at the same time you don’t want it to be any of them because you’ve come to care. They’re all broken in some way by the events of 10 years ago. They’re not the same people. It keeps you off balance throughout.
Your intelligence is never insulted. The heroine comes to smart conclusions that a lazier writer would have avoided. She reasons out every angle as we progress. If you suspect it, she does too. She even got ahead of me a couple of times.
They say to write what you know and Reynolds clearly knows winter sports. It feels like she’s writing about herself. A real strength of the book is the authentic glimpse into the life of a winter athlete. I’ve seen some reviews complain about the snowboarding elements. I’ve never snowboarded in my life but had no trouble following what was described. It was all relevant and never bogs the story.
Btw: These days I get most of my books in e-book format. I got Shiver as an e-book, but enjoyed it so much I had to have the HB for my shelf! Lol. I’ve never done that with any other book, so if that’s an indication of how impressed I was, take it for what it’s worth. I will mention the HB has a nice two-page map of the resort. In the e-book you have to scroll around to see it all and it’s frustrating. I also love the jacket art on HB.
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Snowboarders are reunited in the Alps
Reviewed in the United States on 23 January 2021Verified Purchase
This Agatha Christie like novel is told by a female British Snowboarder, who a decade earlier had serious relationships with each member of the group. A very competitive group of risk seekers challenge trust and truth as the sudden disappearance of a highly successful female Half Pipe contestant. Someone in the inner circle is responsible for the disappearance and someone is threatening their lives in a remote location. I figured out quite early who arranged for the weekend in the Alps and the reason. I was surprised as to who was responsible for the female athlete's disappearance.
The author did not write a seamless story but it was a fast, easy read. There were times when there was confusion about the characters roles due to not having more background information. By the end of the book, I did not like any character. This would make a great play.
The author did not write a seamless story but it was a fast, easy read. There were times when there was confusion about the characters roles due to not having more background information. By the end of the book, I did not like any character. This would make a great play.
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Lila W
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Didn’t finish
Reviewed in the United States on 1 March 2021Verified Purchase
This disappointed me because I was really looking forward to this one. Not sure if this book ever got good, but around 75 pages I just gave up trying to find the story. There was none. What there WAS, was lots of technical talk about snowboarding, so if you don’t snowboard you’ll really be lost. And TONS of filler conversation that never moved the plot. And the main character was so unlikeable. The author tried so hard to make her a “strong female” but she came off as an annoying fake feminist. The rest of the cast, they all blended into one immature and unlikeable person, I couldn’t connect to anyone.
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Murder and suspense at snowboarders reunion
Reviewed in the United States on 23 February 2021Verified Purchase
Ten years before Milla was close to joining the ranks of elite snowboarders and had hope of being selected for the British Olympic team. She saved up enough to quit work and spend an entire winter training for the British Open at the Le Rocher resort in the French alps. There she met a group of other top snowboarders and they quickly become friends training and socialising together. Milla was so determined to concentrate on training, that she ignored her attraction to one of the guys, Curtis on the grounds that she didn't want a serious relationship to interfere with her training and instead embarked on a casual relationship with Brent, one of Curtis' friends. Milla can't help being hyper-competitive and soon finds herself competing against Curtis' talented and beautiful sister Saskia, who likes to play games to mess with people if it gives her an advantage.
Now, ten years after that fateful winter, the group, minus Saskia have been invited back to Le Rocher for a reunion. The season hasn't started yet and they knew they would have the resort to themselves, but weren't expecting that there would be no staff and no one to operating the cable car after they arrived. Not long after they get there, strange events start to occur and they get the feeling that someone may be playing a dangerous game.
This is a very suspenseful mystery told in two time lines, asking what really happened ten years ago when the group were last together, and why have they been invited to a reunion after all this time. The isolated alpine location with the empty resort, freezing snowy conditions and loss of contact with the outside world makes for a very eerie atmosphere, especially once strange things start to happen. The story is narrated by Milla but there is also good insight into the dynamics of the group and what the others are thinking. Once a snowboarder herself, the author writes knowledgably about the sport and the intense rivalry at the elite level, combined with the stress of constantly striving to perform more difficult tricks. A riveting read and an excellent debut novel.
Now, ten years after that fateful winter, the group, minus Saskia have been invited back to Le Rocher for a reunion. The season hasn't started yet and they knew they would have the resort to themselves, but weren't expecting that there would be no staff and no one to operating the cable car after they arrived. Not long after they get there, strange events start to occur and they get the feeling that someone may be playing a dangerous game.
This is a very suspenseful mystery told in two time lines, asking what really happened ten years ago when the group were last together, and why have they been invited to a reunion after all this time. The isolated alpine location with the empty resort, freezing snowy conditions and loss of contact with the outside world makes for a very eerie atmosphere, especially once strange things start to happen. The story is narrated by Milla but there is also good insight into the dynamics of the group and what the others are thinking. Once a snowboarder herself, the author writes knowledgably about the sport and the intense rivalry at the elite level, combined with the stress of constantly striving to perform more difficult tricks. A riveting read and an excellent debut novel.
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