The Surf House, Lucy Clarke
The Surf House, Lucy Clarke
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The Surf House

Author: Lucy Clarke

Narrator: Sarah Slimani

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/20/2025


Synopsis

From the million-copy bestselling author Lucy Clarke, a sun-soaked thriller on the Moroccan coast where deadly secrets threaten to breach the surface.

Welcome to The Surf House
Where everyone’s escaping something...

Praised as “the queen of the destination thriller” (Claire Douglas), million-copy and internationally bestselling author Lucy Clarke writes intoxicating, unsettling novels of suspense, deception, and the pleasure and danger of travel. Her daring new novel, The Surf House, is a sun-soaked thriller set in an expat community of surfers in Morocco where deadly secrets threaten to breach the surface.

High on the cliffs of Morocco, far from the city lights and the souks, stands The Surf House: a sanctuary for travelers chasing sunshine and waves. But the idyll hides a dark mystery. And when Bea washes in, seeking refuge after a dangerous encounter in Marrakesh, she soon gets caught in the current. A woman her age—who stayed in the same area, walked the same beaches, met the same guests—disappeared one year earlier, vanishing without trace. Somewhere inside The Surf House lies the truth—but there’ll be a price for uncovering it.

In this darkly seductive and compulsive tale, The Surf House’s warm and comforting refuge increasingly takes on the paranoid aspect of a house of mirrors. As Lucy Clarke’s authoritative voice guides us through its shifting sands, The Surf House reaffirms her as a novelist at the height of her powers and announces her excellence to new readers who have not yet embarked on one of her searing thrillers.

About Lucy Clarke

Lucy Clarke is the author of several books, including Swimming at Night and A Single Breath. She and her husband, a professional windsurfer, spend their winters traveling and their summers at their home on the south coast of England. Visit Lucy-Clarke.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Linzie (suspenseisthrillingme) on July 06, 2025

Equal parts atmospheric, suspenseful, and thought-provoking, The Surf House was both a love letter to surfing and a trip into deep, dark foreboding. Transporting me into the colorful, noisy alleys of the medina and the crashing waves of the surf, Clarke’s newest novel was the definition of a destina......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Vacation Mode) on June 02, 2025

Very atmospheric. Bea is working as a model, and on a shoot in Marrkech, Morocco she has had enough and walks away from the shoot, and decides she is finished with modeling. Wandering around through the markets, she is cornered by some men who want to rob her. Bystander Marnie jumps in to help, but i......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on December 15, 2024

3.5 rounded up Bea walks off her modelling assignment in Marrakesh as she’s had enough. Foolishly as it turns out, she wanders around the town and finds herself in a blind alley caught in a horrifying incident which Marnie bravely rescues her from and takes her to the remote Surf House. Will she be......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on December 28, 2024

What I love about Lucy Clarke books is that we get to travel the world through the pages. This time we are in Morocco, with Bea and the guests at the Surf House. I really felt that I was there in the markets of Marrakech and on the coast with the surfers. Such beautiful writing had me right there wi......more

Goodreads review by Val on March 27, 2025

Wow, I think I've found my book of the year and it's only January. I've loved every book I've read by Lucy Clarke and this was no exception. The Surf House may be her best yet. As with all Lucy Clarke's destination thrillers there's a different location - this one is set initially in Marrakech, Moro......more