The Weekend by T.M. Logan

The appeal of a book like this is that it is something I can really identify with. Like many people I suppose, I have often wondered what I would do if I stumbled across a bag full of money. Would I hand it in to the police, keep it for myself, share it among friends and family, give it to charity, ignore it or hide it away somewhere?

This is the dilemma of this story. Six friends stay at a cottage at New Year's eve in the Yorkshire Dales. They go for a hike when a storm comes and they take shelter in a cave, where they find a backpack stuffed full of used bank notes. There is more than a million pounds there. At first they decide that they should hand it to the police but as time goes on, five of the six friends think that they should keep it.

​The story immediately made me think of the book by Scott Smith, A Simple Plan, which is set in the United States, and the author acknowledges this in the notes. However, besides the initial premise, the story takes a completely different route as things are not the same in Britain and we don't to pay for medical treatment. We do have other debts though.

This really is a thriller. A fast paced read where each character has something to hide despite their best attempts to hide it. And all the way though I'm asking myself 'what would I do in this situation?' There is also deceit between the friends and each one looks like the guilty one at some point. There is tension that slowly builds, tight writing, with themes of friendship, trust, obsession, ambition, isolation, honesty and morality. The perfect psychological thriller.

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Published by  Bonnier Books, Zaffre on 26 February 2026.
​Advance review copy supplied by the publisher.

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