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The Yacht
A man on the edge.
A woman hell-bent on revenge.
A cheating husband.
A desperate wife.
A property empire on the brink of collapse.
A family at loggerheads.
A predator hiding in plain sight.
Who will sink and who will swim?
A woman hell-bent on revenge.
A cheating husband.
A desperate wife.
A property empire on the brink of collapse.
A family at loggerheads.
A predator hiding in plain sight.
Who will sink and who will swim?
371 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 21, 2026
About the author
Kayte Nunn
17 books641 followersKayte is the author of nine novels, including the international bestsellers The Botanist's Daughter, The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant, The Silk House, The Last Reunion, The Only Child, The Palazzo and The Yacht.
The Botanist's Daughter was awarded the 2020 Winston Graham Historical Fiction Prize, and was selected as the National English Honour Society's Common Reader for 2023/4..
Her books have been described as, 'sensitive, atmospheric and often heartbreaking' (Who Weekly), offering 'compelling storytelling' (Australian Women's Weekly), and 'deliciously immersive' (The Daily Telegraph).
Kayte's novels are available worldwide in English, and have been translated into ten languages.
Born in Singapore, raised in the US and the UK, she now lives in Northern NSW, Australia.
The Botanist's Daughter was awarded the 2020 Winston Graham Historical Fiction Prize, and was selected as the National English Honour Society's Common Reader for 2023/4..
Her books have been described as, 'sensitive, atmospheric and often heartbreaking' (Who Weekly), offering 'compelling storytelling' (Australian Women's Weekly), and 'deliciously immersive' (The Daily Telegraph).
Kayte's novels are available worldwide in English, and have been translated into ten languages.
Born in Singapore, raised in the US and the UK, she now lives in Northern NSW, Australia.
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June 4, 2026
I feel like I should have read this instead of listening to it.
August 12, 2026
**4.5 stars**
This was a really entertaining mystery. It's clear at the beginning there has been a terrible event involving a super yacht but the details are to be slowly revealed. The chapters alternate between quite a few of the characters but each is titled and it works really well. I can't go into too many details because I don't want to spoil anything; I will say I thought it was very well-written and I was captivated from the first page. It's a slow burn of a thriller that ramps up the tension steadily with each additional detail.
Overall: highly recommend this clever twisty novel.
This was a really entertaining mystery. It's clear at the beginning there has been a terrible event involving a super yacht but the details are to be slowly revealed. The chapters alternate between quite a few of the characters but each is titled and it works really well. I can't go into too many details because I don't want to spoil anything; I will say I thought it was very well-written and I was captivated from the first page. It's a slow burn of a thriller that ramps up the tension steadily with each additional detail.
Overall: highly recommend this clever twisty novel.
June 20, 2026
Hidden motives. Dysfunctional family. Power plays. Secrets and betrayal.
’All aboard a cruise to die for’
I loved the chapter titles, including ‘The Trophy Wife, The Eldest Daughter, The Deckie, The Patriarch, The Survivor, The Detective, The Youngest Daughter’.
I enjoyed this well-plotted twisty thriller, and was hooked from the start, right to the satisfying conclusion.
’All aboard a cruise to die for’
I loved the chapter titles, including ‘The Trophy Wife, The Eldest Daughter, The Deckie, The Patriarch, The Survivor, The Detective, The Youngest Daughter’.
I enjoyed this well-plotted twisty thriller, and was hooked from the start, right to the satisfying conclusion.
June 9, 2026
DNF. Bad. Author watched a lot of below deck and white lotus
August 30, 2026
4.5*
The Yacht is a tantalising multi-perspective mystery-thriller, set on a sumptuous super-yacht in the spectacular waters surrounding the Spanish island of Mallorca.
British woman Piper Smith manages to inveigle her way onto the crew of billionaire Evan Thyssen's newly commissioned super-yacht Ambition, about to take it's maiden voyage as the American Thyssen family converge on Palma, Mallorca. While Piper's a competent yachtswoman, she has no experience as a "deckie", and it's a fast and demanding learning curve. From the outset, the reader is aware not only that Piper has a mysterious personal motive for being aboard Ambition, but has the foreknowledge that the yacht will meet with some sort of catastrophic incident only days into its voyage.
The story is told from multiple perspectives, primarily in chronological order, with some flashbacks and occasional chapters from a time setting later than the others, in which an unnamed female survivor recovers in hospital, following the sinking of Ambition and the deaths of several - also unidentified - passengers.
Aside from Piper, chapters are related from the points of view of Evan Thyssen, preoccupied by poor health and pressing business concerns; his third wife, French former actress Sandrine, increasingly dissatisfied with her life; Thyssen's eldest daughter, from his first marriage, Melissa Silk, reeling from her husband's repeated infidelities and also preoccupied with concerns for the family business; Thyssen's younger daughter, from his second marriage, teenaged Kitty, highly self-conscious and suffering from an eating disorder; and Sub-Inspector Luis Perez of Mallorca's Policía Nacional, investigating the recent discoveries of two deceased young women on the beaches of the island. This number of narrative threads could have become confusing for the reader, but is deftly handled by author Kayte Nunn, who introduces each additional thread at staggered intervals, allowing the reader to build a level of empathy for each character in turn.
Having recently enjoyed Kayte Nunn's most recent release, The Palazzo, I was keen to read The Yacht, which follows a similar multi-perspective format and luxurious setting. I wasn't disappointed - The Yacht features a cast of well developed and multi-faceted characters, challenging the reader to consider the complexities of human motivations and experience. The settings leap off the page, despite the sometimes dark events occurring against such a stunning backdrop. Nunn captures the conflicting perceptions that exist while on holiday - the desire to soak in the positive experiences while unable to escape the irritations that come with relationships and otherwise. While the Thyssen family are - on the surface at least - at leisure, Piper is living a frantic existence as the Thyssen's employee, attempting to provide seamless pro-active service while simultaneously struggling to find the opportunity to pursue her plans for revenge without raising the suspicion of her onboard colleagues.
I'd highly recommend The Yacht to any reader who enjoys twisty contemporary intrigue-thrillers and aspirational settings.
The Yacht is a tantalising multi-perspective mystery-thriller, set on a sumptuous super-yacht in the spectacular waters surrounding the Spanish island of Mallorca.
British woman Piper Smith manages to inveigle her way onto the crew of billionaire Evan Thyssen's newly commissioned super-yacht Ambition, about to take it's maiden voyage as the American Thyssen family converge on Palma, Mallorca. While Piper's a competent yachtswoman, she has no experience as a "deckie", and it's a fast and demanding learning curve. From the outset, the reader is aware not only that Piper has a mysterious personal motive for being aboard Ambition, but has the foreknowledge that the yacht will meet with some sort of catastrophic incident only days into its voyage.
The story is told from multiple perspectives, primarily in chronological order, with some flashbacks and occasional chapters from a time setting later than the others, in which an unnamed female survivor recovers in hospital, following the sinking of Ambition and the deaths of several - also unidentified - passengers.
Aside from Piper, chapters are related from the points of view of Evan Thyssen, preoccupied by poor health and pressing business concerns; his third wife, French former actress Sandrine, increasingly dissatisfied with her life; Thyssen's eldest daughter, from his first marriage, Melissa Silk, reeling from her husband's repeated infidelities and also preoccupied with concerns for the family business; Thyssen's younger daughter, from his second marriage, teenaged Kitty, highly self-conscious and suffering from an eating disorder; and Sub-Inspector Luis Perez of Mallorca's Policía Nacional, investigating the recent discoveries of two deceased young women on the beaches of the island. This number of narrative threads could have become confusing for the reader, but is deftly handled by author Kayte Nunn, who introduces each additional thread at staggered intervals, allowing the reader to build a level of empathy for each character in turn.
Having recently enjoyed Kayte Nunn's most recent release, The Palazzo, I was keen to read The Yacht, which follows a similar multi-perspective format and luxurious setting. I wasn't disappointed - The Yacht features a cast of well developed and multi-faceted characters, challenging the reader to consider the complexities of human motivations and experience. The settings leap off the page, despite the sometimes dark events occurring against such a stunning backdrop. Nunn captures the conflicting perceptions that exist while on holiday - the desire to soak in the positive experiences while unable to escape the irritations that come with relationships and otherwise. While the Thyssen family are - on the surface at least - at leisure, Piper is living a frantic existence as the Thyssen's employee, attempting to provide seamless pro-active service while simultaneously struggling to find the opportunity to pursue her plans for revenge without raising the suspicion of her onboard colleagues.
I'd highly recommend The Yacht to any reader who enjoys twisty contemporary intrigue-thrillers and aspirational settings.
July 26, 2026
3.25 Stars
That was fun but not really much more than that. As I was reading, I kept thinking this reminds me of like Below Deck gone wrong so I was happy to see in the acknowledgements that the author said she watched a lot of Below Deck for her research.
I think the characters could have been developed more as I really didn't care about any of them. The writing was decent, I just wanted more substance.
Fun summer read.
That was fun but not really much more than that. As I was reading, I kept thinking this reminds me of like Below Deck gone wrong so I was happy to see in the acknowledgements that the author said she watched a lot of Below Deck for her research.
I think the characters could have been developed more as I really didn't care about any of them. The writing was decent, I just wanted more substance.
Fun summer read.
June 1, 2026
When given the opportunity to review this for the publisher blog tour, I couldn’t resist. I’ve been binge watching my way through all the many series of the luxury charter yacht TV programme, ‘Below Deck’ for months and this destination thriller ticked all the boxes. (Very much like this book, the TV series features wealthy guests with too much money but with no class or manners)
The story is told from multiple perspectives – the Deckie, the Trophy Wife, the Detective – amongst others. An extremely wealthy family, headed by property billionaire Evan Thyssen, is taking delivery of his latest status symbol, a new luxury yacht for a few weeks of sailing around the Mediterranean. This really is a dysfunctional family with corruption and toxicity aplenty. Everything is for appearances, however below the surface there are affairs, secrets and financial problems with the chief clearly spending above his means.
It sounds idyllic, sailing around the ports and coves of the Med, however there is one person on board with revenge on their mind. It’s easy to figure out the who, but the why isn’t fully revealed until later. It’s no lie to say I was gripped from the first page. The short chapters made it so very readable and that undercurrent of foreboding was always there. We know from the prologue that there is one survivor, but who is this unnamed person? At the end of some chapters, social media comments are included which added interest.
It’s fair to say that with the exception of one or two crew members, most of the characters are instantly unlikeable, indeed, some are so awful that I really didn’t care whether they survived or not. This isn’t just a story of entitled wealthy people, there is also a darker and more harrowing strand to the story which is where the investigating Detective fits in.
I thoroughly enjoyed this well plotted and pacy thriller. I have one or two of Kayte’s other books on my shelf to read, including her previous thriller, The Palazzo, which I shall definitely have to bump up the book mountain.
I’ve been trying to keep this review as vague as possible to avoid spoilers. It really is a story you have to discover for yourselves. Definitely recommended.
The story is told from multiple perspectives – the Deckie, the Trophy Wife, the Detective – amongst others. An extremely wealthy family, headed by property billionaire Evan Thyssen, is taking delivery of his latest status symbol, a new luxury yacht for a few weeks of sailing around the Mediterranean. This really is a dysfunctional family with corruption and toxicity aplenty. Everything is for appearances, however below the surface there are affairs, secrets and financial problems with the chief clearly spending above his means.
It sounds idyllic, sailing around the ports and coves of the Med, however there is one person on board with revenge on their mind. It’s easy to figure out the who, but the why isn’t fully revealed until later. It’s no lie to say I was gripped from the first page. The short chapters made it so very readable and that undercurrent of foreboding was always there. We know from the prologue that there is one survivor, but who is this unnamed person? At the end of some chapters, social media comments are included which added interest.
It’s fair to say that with the exception of one or two crew members, most of the characters are instantly unlikeable, indeed, some are so awful that I really didn’t care whether they survived or not. This isn’t just a story of entitled wealthy people, there is also a darker and more harrowing strand to the story which is where the investigating Detective fits in.
I thoroughly enjoyed this well plotted and pacy thriller. I have one or two of Kayte’s other books on my shelf to read, including her previous thriller, The Palazzo, which I shall definitely have to bump up the book mountain.
I’ve been trying to keep this review as vague as possible to avoid spoilers. It really is a story you have to discover for yourselves. Definitely recommended.
May 31, 2026
Wow catfish much? That title is exaggerated.
This book was free on Audible, and I figured, why not?
Unfortunately, it ended up being the perfect audiobook to put me to sleep. I would fall asleep within minutes of turning it on.
The story is told through multiple POVs and is basically a mix of murder mystery, revenge, cheating, trafficking, family drama, and secrets. The problem is that I just didn't care about any of it. The book kept introducing more twists and more drama, but none of it felt interesting enough to keep my attention.
By the time I finished, I honestly struggled to explain what the book was even about beyond a bunch of wealthy, unhappy people hiding things from each other on a yacht.
The narrator didn't help matters either. I never connected with the characters, never felt invested in the mystery, and never found myself eager to find out what happened next.
Overall, I found it boring, forgettable, and difficult to stay engaged with. The best thing I can say about it is that it helped me fall asleep.
This book was free on Audible, and I figured, why not?
Unfortunately, it ended up being the perfect audiobook to put me to sleep. I would fall asleep within minutes of turning it on.
The story is told through multiple POVs and is basically a mix of murder mystery, revenge, cheating, trafficking, family drama, and secrets. The problem is that I just didn't care about any of it. The book kept introducing more twists and more drama, but none of it felt interesting enough to keep my attention.
By the time I finished, I honestly struggled to explain what the book was even about beyond a bunch of wealthy, unhappy people hiding things from each other on a yacht.
The narrator didn't help matters either. I never connected with the characters, never felt invested in the mystery, and never found myself eager to find out what happened next.
Overall, I found it boring, forgettable, and difficult to stay engaged with. The best thing I can say about it is that it helped me fall asleep.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 28, 2026
I honestly have no idea what this book was about. Did not hold my attention in anyway. I’m pretty sure a boat was involved but even that I’m not 100% sure…..
October 5, 2026
I really did not expect to like this as much as I did.
I kept going back and forth between four and five stars almost the entire time. The setup did not immediately strike me as something that would be completely in my wheelhouse, but somehow the book kept pulling me along.
What worked best for me was the way all the different storylines kept unfolding around each other. There were a lot of moving parts, but instead of losing interest, I kept wanting to see how everything connected and where each thread was going.
It was one of those books that stayed interesting even when I was not totally sure how much I liked it yet. That probably sounds strange, but the intrigue was strong enough that I never really wanted to stop listening.
By the end, I landed at 4.5 stars. Not quite a perfect five for me, but definitely better than I expected and much more engaging than I thought it would be.
A surprisingly compelling read with multiple storylines that somehow kept me hooked.
I kept going back and forth between four and five stars almost the entire time. The setup did not immediately strike me as something that would be completely in my wheelhouse, but somehow the book kept pulling me along.
What worked best for me was the way all the different storylines kept unfolding around each other. There were a lot of moving parts, but instead of losing interest, I kept wanting to see how everything connected and where each thread was going.
It was one of those books that stayed interesting even when I was not totally sure how much I liked it yet. That probably sounds strange, but the intrigue was strong enough that I never really wanted to stop listening.
By the end, I landed at 4.5 stars. Not quite a perfect five for me, but definitely better than I expected and much more engaging than I thought it would be.
A surprisingly compelling read with multiple storylines that somehow kept me hooked.
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June 1, 2026I didn't find it terribly realistic, but thrillers don't always need to be plausible. The yacht setting is perfect - a floating private country. Wild, right?
I'm still looking for my White Lotus twin read though. If you have any recs, please drop them in the comments!
I'm still looking for my White Lotus twin read though. If you have any recs, please drop them in the comments!
July 9, 2026
⭐️4 Stars⭐️
The Yacht by Kayte Nunn is an addictive and suspenseful page turner and I loved the luxurious ocean setting, so atmospheric.
Evan Thyssen an extremely wealthy billionaire’s brand new built to order luxury yacht has just been delivered and his entire family are about to board for its maiden voyage to Mallorca for an opulent holiday.
The Deckie, Piper Smith is a new recruit on the yacht who has her own agenda, meanwhile there’s sinister elements aboard and something is brewing beneath the surface.
The story is told from multiple perspectives including a ‘mystery survivor’. I liked the way the chapters were named after the characters eg; The Trophy Wife, The Deckie, The Eldest daughter and so on. There were also social media comments at the end of chapters to keep you even more in suspense.
There’s an undercurrent of revenge, crime, secrets and deception aboard and the family were dysfunctional and chaotic.
A fast and bingeable read with short chapters and unlikeable characters aplenty. Highly enjoyable, what a great summer read!
Publication Date 01 June 2026
Publisher Imprint Harper Collins
Thank you so much Harper Collins Australia for a copy of the book.
The Yacht by Kayte Nunn is an addictive and suspenseful page turner and I loved the luxurious ocean setting, so atmospheric.
Evan Thyssen an extremely wealthy billionaire’s brand new built to order luxury yacht has just been delivered and his entire family are about to board for its maiden voyage to Mallorca for an opulent holiday.
The Deckie, Piper Smith is a new recruit on the yacht who has her own agenda, meanwhile there’s sinister elements aboard and something is brewing beneath the surface.
The story is told from multiple perspectives including a ‘mystery survivor’. I liked the way the chapters were named after the characters eg; The Trophy Wife, The Deckie, The Eldest daughter and so on. There were also social media comments at the end of chapters to keep you even more in suspense.
There’s an undercurrent of revenge, crime, secrets and deception aboard and the family were dysfunctional and chaotic.
A fast and bingeable read with short chapters and unlikeable characters aplenty. Highly enjoyable, what a great summer read!
Publication Date 01 June 2026
Publisher Imprint Harper Collins
Thank you so much Harper Collins Australia for a copy of the book.
July 27, 2026
I just don’t think I cared enough…
June 16, 2026
Audible version - excellent narration of a good enough novel for a road trip
June 1, 2026
I did not want to put this down! So compulsive!!!! So nothing I will ever experience ever!!! Imagine being brought your favourite peppermint tea to your office while cruising on your mega yacht…or polishing the windows of that yacht from dawn until dusk….suxh a story of haves and have nots!!! So captivating!!!! I could not pick what was going to happen or what was happening right before my eyes….perfect fun thrill of an armchair travel for me
June 6, 2026
Quite good.
June 18, 2026
I should have read this rather than listened to it but even then I think it would have only been a three…
July 17, 2026
2.75 ⭐️ meh 🫤
June 6, 2026
Sister knows I read fast - wanted me to read this to see if it was worth it before she downloaded it and took it on vacay with her.
So let's get into it.
The first 30% of this book is just... rich people being rich in different POVs. The STORY isn't a story at all until a third of the way through. Nothing starts to happen until then.
The POV of the deckie, watching these rich people be rich from the outside.
The various rich women being rich and trying not to get beaten up by their rich men for not being perfect or pliant enough.
the 15 year old rich girl starving herself and being shy and miserable because she's so rich and occasionally her brother's mean to her...
Literally it's nothing else.
If it weren't for Piper's (the Deckie) POV, and the tenuous hints she drops here and there that there's something truly sinister afoot, I'd have put this down before I got to anything resembling a plot. It's safe to say this is a slow burn when it comes to figuring out what's going on. I'll give Nunn credit for taking her time and building up the tension in that regard.
I also like the social media posts and news reports that show up after a lot of the chapters. They add intrigue and context to what's happening, even as we're reading about things going to hell in real time. I think this element is a large part of the reason I kept reading in all honesty - it was a good choice to keep the readers desperate to know more.
I also enjoyed the revenge plot that's going down and the chapters we get of the mysterious survivor (even though I pegged them from the first chapter.)
There are some darker themes in this book - outside of toxic family dynamics, especially after the Detective gets involved. Triggers for trafficking, just FYI.
I'm not saying this book is bad. Objectively I think it's a pretty decent toxic family/corrupt wealthy people thriller, set in a unique location that makes a perfect backdrop for a revenge plot. The reveal of the survivor is done well, the added snippets of news articles and social media posts set in the future were intriguing.
I just don't think the "all wealthy people are corrupt narcissists" plotline is something I personally enjoy. While it's true that most of these POV characters aren't meant to be particularly likeable - and in this, Nunn does a good job - It also meant I struggled to give a crap about any of them at all, let alone their trials, drama, scandals, secrets or anything else.
If you're the kind of person who's obsessed with following celebrity culture (no shade, you do you), and who spends time binge watching true crime docs, you'll probably enjoy this.
So let's get into it.
The first 30% of this book is just... rich people being rich in different POVs. The STORY isn't a story at all until a third of the way through. Nothing starts to happen until then.
The POV of the deckie, watching these rich people be rich from the outside.
The various rich women being rich and trying not to get beaten up by their rich men for not being perfect or pliant enough.
the 15 year old rich girl starving herself and being shy and miserable because she's so rich and occasionally her brother's mean to her...
Literally it's nothing else.
If it weren't for Piper's (the Deckie) POV, and the tenuous hints she drops here and there that there's something truly sinister afoot, I'd have put this down before I got to anything resembling a plot. It's safe to say this is a slow burn when it comes to figuring out what's going on. I'll give Nunn credit for taking her time and building up the tension in that regard.
I also like the social media posts and news reports that show up after a lot of the chapters. They add intrigue and context to what's happening, even as we're reading about things going to hell in real time. I think this element is a large part of the reason I kept reading in all honesty - it was a good choice to keep the readers desperate to know more.
I also enjoyed the revenge plot that's going down and the chapters we get of the mysterious survivor (even though I pegged them from the first chapter.)
There are some darker themes in this book - outside of toxic family dynamics, especially after the Detective gets involved. Triggers for trafficking, just FYI.
I'm not saying this book is bad. Objectively I think it's a pretty decent toxic family/corrupt wealthy people thriller, set in a unique location that makes a perfect backdrop for a revenge plot. The reveal of the survivor is done well, the added snippets of news articles and social media posts set in the future were intriguing.
I just don't think the "all wealthy people are corrupt narcissists" plotline is something I personally enjoy. While it's true that most of these POV characters aren't meant to be particularly likeable - and in this, Nunn does a good job - It also meant I struggled to give a crap about any of them at all, let alone their trials, drama, scandals, secrets or anything else.
If you're the kind of person who's obsessed with following celebrity culture (no shade, you do you), and who spends time binge watching true crime docs, you'll probably enjoy this.
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June 17, 2026I enjoyed it for a free book.
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June 25, 2026Great narrator, but the book itself was below average for me
July 9, 2026
It was a fine book to pass the time, but nothing to really stick. I picked it up because I was expecting a read full of vacationing-on-the-yacht luxury ambience coupled with thrilling mystery, but it did not really deliver.
There were just too many characters to follow about, I guess. Plus, our main follow-up character was in the crew, so that didn’t help with the ambience either as it was a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff, and ugh-these-spoiled-rich-people attitudes. I guess that was also one of the things that put me off: even though there are multiple POVs, we seem to mainly be following Piper, so I expected her arc to be the main one to await resolution for, but the rich family’s drama seemed to get the same amount of attention, if not more. And then for some reason we also follow this completely irrelevant detective with his own little drama for a couple chapters? I dunno… The whole thing felt like 2-3 underdeveloped plots intertwined together in equal parallels, rather than one solid plot-line with assisting side-plots. As for the resolution… a tad underwhelming, I would have to say.
Again, it was not bad; just not satisfying enough for what it promised. I think that the audiobook narration didn’t help either, but then again, I might not have picked it up if it was not included in Audible.
There were just too many characters to follow about, I guess. Plus, our main follow-up character was in the crew, so that didn’t help with the ambience either as it was a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff, and ugh-these-spoiled-rich-people attitudes. I guess that was also one of the things that put me off: even though there are multiple POVs, we seem to mainly be following Piper, so I expected her arc to be the main one to await resolution for, but the rich family’s drama seemed to get the same amount of attention, if not more. And then for some reason we also follow this completely irrelevant detective with his own little drama for a couple chapters? I dunno… The whole thing felt like 2-3 underdeveloped plots intertwined together in equal parallels, rather than one solid plot-line with assisting side-plots. As for the resolution… a tad underwhelming, I would have to say.
Again, it was not bad; just not satisfying enough for what it promised. I think that the audiobook narration didn’t help either, but then again, I might not have picked it up if it was not included in Audible.
July 17, 2026
I really enjoyed The Yacht. It wasn't a traditional style thriller, but rather a rich family drama with thriller elements. It was told from multiple perspectives: The patriarch of the family, the two daughters, the trophy wife, a staff member and a detective.
I loved Piper, Sandrine, Melissa, and Kitty. Their perspectives were the most interesting.
There were also a few not so likable characters on board: Angus, Julian, and Evan, to name a few. They made it impossible to like them.
I loved the storyline. It was a slow burn, but still gripping, unique and compelling.
I loved Kayte's writing style, it was downright addictive. I read The Yacht in one sitting, I honestly couldn't put it down.
For me, this had the perfect ending. The twists and turns throughout were great, and overall, it was an entertaining read that I almost didn't want to end.
I'm definitely keen to read more from Kayte Nunn.
I highly recommend.
4 stars from me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
For fans of Lucy Clarke, Pip Drysdale, Ruth Ware, and Robyn Harding.
Thanks to Netgalley, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, and Kayte Nunn.
I loved Piper, Sandrine, Melissa, and Kitty. Their perspectives were the most interesting.
There were also a few not so likable characters on board: Angus, Julian, and Evan, to name a few. They made it impossible to like them.
I loved the storyline. It was a slow burn, but still gripping, unique and compelling.
I loved Kayte's writing style, it was downright addictive. I read The Yacht in one sitting, I honestly couldn't put it down.
For me, this had the perfect ending. The twists and turns throughout were great, and overall, it was an entertaining read that I almost didn't want to end.
I'm definitely keen to read more from Kayte Nunn.
I highly recommend.
4 stars from me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
For fans of Lucy Clarke, Pip Drysdale, Ruth Ware, and Robyn Harding.
Thanks to Netgalley, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, and Kayte Nunn.
May 25, 2026
4.5 rounded to 5. Oh my this was an addictive listen on Audible so it only took me two days as I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next.
A departure from the author’s usual historical fiction but equally well done and great character developments. Some of the reveals were easily guessed but it was still great to see the unravelling of the rich and their messed up world.
If you like Succession and White Lotus, you will love this entertaining story and it will surely be commissioned by Netflix as it would make great TV.
A departure from the author’s usual historical fiction but equally well done and great character developments. Some of the reveals were easily guessed but it was still great to see the unravelling of the rich and their messed up world.
If you like Succession and White Lotus, you will love this entertaining story and it will surely be commissioned by Netflix as it would make great TV.
October 29, 2026
This was a fantastic read, I just couldn’t put it down! I loved the flicking between the lives of each character, the short chapters, the snippets of each of their backstories, and the big reveal of the behind-the-scenes crimes at the end - I didn’t expect it! Wonderfully structured and written and I loved how the characters were constructed where some were meant to be liked and others not - it was perfectly done. Would definitely recommend!
August 10, 2026
There are quite a few characters to follow, which kept the story going. A lot of little twists and turns to keep you on your toes. The chapters are short and snappy - that made it an easy read.
However, the ending really let me down. When I went to turn to the next chapter but found the acknowledgements....I was disappointed. It doesn't leave you with a cliffhanger but just a very dull ending.
However, the ending really let me down. When I went to turn to the next chapter but found the acknowledgements....I was disappointed. It doesn't leave you with a cliffhanger but just a very dull ending.
July 6, 2026
I can see why the reviews for this book were all over the place. There were parts that were interesting and kept you wanting to move forward and there were parts that were where I was ready to quit. Overall, it was really just blah to me.
June 29, 2026
Gripping throughout. Absolutely loved it!
August 18, 2026
3.5 stars rounded up
August 19, 2026
Well I listened to it
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