A fast-paced thriller set in the 1970s filled with suspense and action, or so I thought. The premise sounded interesting, a couple traveling in a foreign country in the 1970s (a time when they would have been cut off from easy communication, relying on the newspaper or watching TV for information) who come across a pair of hitchhikers lying about their identity and are on the run after committing a gruesome murder. I was in! However, none of the characters were likeable. I wasn't invested in either of the female characters (the POVs we get). Alice was a tad more likeable than Jenny. I wish we could have gotten some POV chapters from the male characters not Tom who was easily forgettable, but the unraveling and desperation of Simon would have been a great addition. The pacing was more medium in the first 50% but definitely picked up in the next 25% and then just went off the rails. I will say the eating scenes really took away from the suspense, and it feels like there were a lot of them. This book could have been about 25% shorter overall, with shorter chapters ending with more suspense, and it would have really worked better for me. The setting was perfect, the author did a fantastic job. Overall, it was a 3.75 ⭐ book that was just average for me. Thank you to Net Galley, St. Martin’s Press, and Chevy Stevens for this eARC.