Breathless

Breathless

2022 • 320 pages

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At the top of the world's tallest mountains, there literally isn't enough oxygen to breathe. In the space of hours your body will begin to shut down. Any longer, and death is inevitable. What better place for a serial killer to find their next victim? Struggling journalist Cecily Wong is delighted to be invited to interview famed mountaineer Charles McVeigh, conditional on joining his team on one of the Himalayas' toughest peaks. But on the mountain, it's clear something is wrong. It begins small - a theft, an accidental fall. And then a note, pinned to her tent in the night- there's a murderer on the mountain...

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I wanted a thriller and all I got was a boring lesson on mountaineering. Yawn.

July 7, 2022
February 21, 2024

Bravo. This is exactly why I read books...to experience things in life I would never dream of attempting in real life so vividly I feel like I'm there! I loved every minute of this book...the atmosphere, the plot...the conclusion. Highly recommend!

May 26, 2022

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