The story follows the employees of a London-based tech startup, Snoop, during a corporate retreat at a secluded luxury chalet in the French Alps. Tensions rise among the co-founders and staff regarding a potential buyout that would make some wealthy while leaving others behind. When a massive avalanche hits, it cuts off the mountain lodge from the outside world, trapping the group inside without power or communication. As members of the party begin to disappear or turn up dead, the survivors realize a killer is among them.
Fans of locked-room mysteries and psychological suspense read this for the modern take on a classic whodunit structure. Readers gain insight into how professional rivalries and corporate greed disintegrate under extreme survival pressure. The book appeals to those interested in the contrast between high-tech social media culture and the raw, dangerous reality of the natural wilderness. It offers a study of isolation and the paranoia that develops when a small group cannot trust one another in a confined space.
Insights from One by One
“Everyone is online. Everyone is looking. But nobody is seeing anything.”
Snoop is the kind of office app that feels like a prison. Watching everyone stare at those little digital dots while a literal avalanche hits was haunting.
“I am the help. I am the person who brings the coffee and clears the plates.”
Erin is just trying to survive her shift as a host. It sucks how being in a service role makes you invisible to people during a crisis.
Topher is the worst kind of tech founder. He thinks he can disrupt his way out of a murder investigation.
“The cold is a physical weight. It presses in on you from all sides.”
That scene in the walk-in freezer made my skin crawl. It shows how quickly a luxury retreat turns into a tomb when the power goes out.
- Published
- 2020
- Publisher
- Scout Press
- ISBN
- 9781501188831
- Language
- EN
