Musician Dani Papineau really needs a vacation. So when her partner, Jo, is invited to speak at a conference in Spain, Dani tags along and insists they add on a week of pure R ’n’ R in paradise. But when Jo is taken to a private hospital with chest pains, Dani realizes paradise is more like a nightmare.

Absent doctors, shady nurses, and seedy surroundings are the first clue that Dani and Jo have somehow stumbled into something sinister. Rescuing Jo from an unnecessary surgical procedure is the second clue. Dani doesn’t want to see what the third clue could be, and she and Jo flee the “hospital.” But when you’re in a foreign country and being tracked by people who want something neither Dani nor Jo can figure out, who do you trust?

Content note: the book contains foul language, misogynist and homophobic slurs, implied and spoken violence, smoking, and alcohol use.

Kris Purdy is a former singer/songwriter and broadcaster. She has worked in the creative sector for much of her career. This is her debut novel. She lives with her partner in Toronto.

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