The novel opens in Stockholm during the summer of 2019 while most of the residents are on vacation elsewhere. The narrative toggles between the first person flashback narrative of a 31 year-old hard-working attorney named Anna and police interviews after an awful incident occurred wherein Anna survived and others did not.
The incident is the titular couples trip, and the couples are Anna & Henrik (engaged) and Milena & Jacob (newly-dating). The girls and Henrik have known one another for years, and three-person adventure vacations are the norm.
This time, Jacob will be the largely unknown fourth wheel.
The trip is a rock climbing, camping and hiking week in a dense and giant Swedish National Park - a mountainous winter wasteland stretching for miles. When they meet Jacob, he’s easy to like and seems like an avid outdoorsman. Nevertheless, there are some early clues that Jacob is not who he claims to be. Only after it’s too late do we learn what a psychopath Jacob appears to be.
The novel takes the reader on a wild ride through the frigid Swedish wilderness. Fear of heights? There’s some scary stuff here for you. Terrified of freezing to death? This novel has you covered. There’s a lot of great Woman vs. Nature survival content here - along with evading and avoiding a psycho traveling companion - like a modern, Swedish Deliverance.
The twisty ending left me wanting something a bit more definitive, but the ride to get there was a thrilling, icy adventure making this contemporary novel an easy recommendation. Get it HERE.
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