When two strangers end up sharing a cabin on the Trans-Siberian Express, an intense friendship develops, one that can only have one ending ... a nerve-shattering psychological thriller from bestselling author SJI Holliday

'Such a brilliantly dark compelling story set against such a fantastically exotic backdrop. I don't think I read the book as much as inhaled it. Compelling, gripping and horrifically entertaining, fasten your seatbelts, this is going to be a bumpy read! I loved it' Liz Nugent

'Twisted, gripping and totally addictive' Paddy Magrane

'Echoes of a Killing Eve vibe. Fabulously awful women you will love' Sarah Pinborough

Carrie's best friend has an accident and can no longer make the round-the-world trip they'd planned together, so Carrie decides to go it alone.

Violet is also travelling alone, after splitting up with her boyfriend in Thailand. She is also desperate for a ticket on the Trans-Siberian Express, but there is nothing available.

When the two women meet in a Beijing Hotel, Carrie makes the impulsive decision to invite Violet to take her best friend's place.

Thrown together in a strange country, and the cramped cabin of the train, the women soon form a bond. But as the journey continues, through Mongolia and into Russia, things start to unravel - because one of these women is not who she claims to be...

A tense and twisted psychological thriller about obsession, manipulation and toxic friendships, Violet also reminds us that there's a reason why mother told us not to talk to strangers...

'A sumptuously dark psychological thriller with echoes of Patricia Highsmith at her finest, and for fans of Killing Eve'Michael Wood

'Violet is bristling with clever twists - nobody writes scary people quite as brilliantly as Holliday' Elizabeth Haynes

'I couldn't stop thinking about Violet after I finished it. Brillia