The Weekend Away

Author/Guide: Sarah Alderson

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: Two friends go on holiday. Only one comes back.

ISBN: B082PRRDM7
Genre: Psychological

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Orla and Kate have been best friends forever. Together they’ve faced it all – be it Orla’s struggles as a new mother or Kate’s messy divorce. And whatever else happens in their lives, they can always look forward to their annual weekend away.

This year, they’re off to Lisbon: the perfect flat, the perfect view, the perfect itinerary. And what better way to kick things off in style than with the perfect night out?

But when Orla wakes up the next morning, Kate is gone. Brushed off by the police and with only a fuzzy memory of the night’s events, Orla is her friend’s only hope. As she frantically retraces their steps, Orla makes a series of shattering discoveries that threaten everything she holds dear. Because while Lisbon holds the secret of what happened that night, the truth may lie closer to home…

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Visit Lisbon on A Weekend Away

Two girls rent an apartment and plan to spend a few days there together. They visit a speakeasy one night in the red light area and then bring people back to the rooms. The next day, one of the girls goes missing.

What do you do in a strange country when something this tragic and confusing happens? Where do you go, who do you call? How helpless do you feel? Everything is in a foreign language and you can’t make yourself understood. You phone home – everything you can trust in is many miles way. That phone is your lifeline. So too is your Uber driver who took you and your friend to the pub last night. What does he know, and can he help? The confusion of being lost in a city is well evoked.

The city of Lisbon is not really visible in the novel. It could be anywhere. The girls plan to visit a monastery and ride bikes to explore the city. They are staying in the Alfama region of the city.