Day Four

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Walking in the footsteps of Stephen King, Lotz follows up on her impressive horror breakthrough The Three with yet another literal descent into unimaginable dread with this gripping tale of the cruise from hell (or should it be into hell?). Definitely not recommended if you are planning a forthcoming cruise (as am I!) as the breakdown of the mighty vessel, in this case off the coast of Mexico, quickly turns into the stuff of nightmares as seen through the eyes of a dubious psychic’s assistant, a sex fiend at loose on the boat, a Philipino maid, two old ladies contemplating suicide, a security officer and a South African doctor in disgrace, amongst a plethora of passengers and crew caught up in the slow passage from normality to chaos, which Lotz is clever enough never to explain fully, leaving the reader suspended by a thread to the fabric of irreality. Chilling stuff. ~ Maxim Jakubowski

Reviewed by Maxim Jakubowski
Maxim Jakubowski is a London-based novelist and editor.
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About Day Four

The trip of their dreams becomes the holiday of their nightmares: DAY FOUR is Sarah Lotz's extraordinary, unmissable follow-up to the book that made headlines around the world, THE THREE - perfect for fans of The Shining Girls, The Passage and Lost.

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