The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens (2025)
Leave to Chevy Stevens to keep you in a state of non-stop page turning while you race to find out what happens next and cringe in fearful anticipation for whenever it happens.
We're back in 1976 with Tom and Alice taking their new RV on a road trip through Canada. They're hoping to heal a marriage wounded and aching from an unspeakable tragedy in their lives.. Good hearted as they are, they offer a ride to young hitchhikers Simon and Jenny, which snares them into a hellish trek filled with bloody violence and constant life threatening danger. Because Simon and Jenny are anything but harmless young lovers wandering about the countryside.......they're murderous chaos personified and Tom and Alice may not finish the vacation they hoped would bring them back together. As in.....not alive.
As in all her previous books, author Stevens knows exactly when to turn the screws on both her characters and readers. So as this twist-filled RV holiday lurches from one terrible situation to the next, your find yourself holding your breath for a final resolution.. By that time, readers might notice they've gone way into the middle of the night to reach the finale.
A thrill ride for sure but also one with the ability, in its final pages, to break your heart and then help mend it as well. For every thriller fan who loves a read that continuously pumps up their adrenalin.
We're back in 1976 with Tom and Alice taking their new RV on a road trip through Canada. They're hoping to heal a marriage wounded and aching from an unspeakable tragedy in their lives.. Good hearted as they are, they offer a ride to young hitchhikers Simon and Jenny, which snares them into a hellish trek filled with bloody violence and constant life threatening danger. Because Simon and Jenny are anything but harmless young lovers wandering about the countryside.......they're murderous chaos personified and Tom and Alice may not finish the vacation they hoped would bring them back together. As in.....not alive.
As in all her previous books, author Stevens knows exactly when to turn the screws on both her characters and readers. So as this twist-filled RV holiday lurches from one terrible situation to the next, your find yourself holding your breath for a final resolution.. By that time, readers might notice they've gone way into the middle of the night to reach the finale.
A thrill ride for sure but also one with the ability, in its final pages, to break your heart and then help mend it as well. For every thriller fan who loves a read that continuously pumps up their adrenalin.
4 stars (****).
