Breathless by Amy McCulloch

About the Book

IT'S ICE COLD. YOU'RE MILES FROM HELP. AND ONE OF YOU WILL BE NEXT...

When struggling journalist Cecily Wong is invited to join an expedition to climb one of the world's tallest mountains, it seems like the chance of a lifetime.

She doesn't realise how deadly the climb will be .

As their small team starts to climb, things start to go wrong. There's a theft. Then an accident.Then a mysterious note, pinned to her tent: there's a murderer on the mountain.

The higher they get, the more dangerous the climb becomes, and the more they need to trust one another.

And that's when Cecily finds the first body..

Review

Stunning. Suffocatingly tense, highly original and exhilarating, Breathless is an early contender for thriller of the year ― Daily Express

Gripping. Thrilling. A visceral account of a novice's struggles with thin air and exhaustion ― Sunday Times

If you liked Shiver by Allie Reynolds, you'll really enjoy this. Rich in authentic detail, it's a nail-biting novel ― Woman's Weekly

Vividly descriptive, packed with atmosphere, mystery twists, turns and tension, it's a nail-biter thriller ― Choice Magazine

It's a classic locked-room setting, but there's enough originality and style about this to make it an enjoyable and exciting read . . . A claustrophobic and intense read, a tale of proper obsession and danger. Keeps you turning the page, anxious to know what comes next. ― NB Magazine

A frighteningly original novel written with a deep passion for the mountains and an inquisitive mind. A brilliantly chilling read -- Giles Kristian

Chilling . . . there really is something about the combination of a remote snowbound location and a killer hiding in plain sight that is a recipe for success ―Crime Monthl

A blockbuster-worthy thriller ― Sunday Express

About the Author

Amy McCulloch

Amy McCulloch is the Chinese-White author of eight novels for children and young adults, including the #1 bestselling YA novel The Magpie Society: One for Sorrow. In September 2019, she became the youngest Canadian woman to climb Mt Manaslu in Nepal -- the world's eighth highest mountain. She also summited the highest mountain in the Americas, Aconcagua, in -45C and 90kmph winds, and has visited all seven continents. Breathless is her adult fiction debut.