Five students stepped in front of a train. Only one came back. But what happened on the platform was just the beginning. With thanks to Mellissa for her review.
The Institute by Katherine Bradley
What would you do if the people who are supposed to help you are actually the ones you need to escape from…
The story follows Billie, the sole survivor of a group tragedy. She eventually finds herself at the Arbor Institute, hidden away in Scotland, where she is told that they can help her understand what happened and why she survived when others did not.
The Institute is a psychological thriller, full of suspense and one that I could not put down. It explores themes of trust, group behaviour, influence, control and survival.
From the very first page there is a sense of unease and mystery that makes you want to keep reading. Where every chapter makes you think more about what’s real and who can be trusted.
It takes our natural instinct to belong to a group and turns it into something frightening. Exploring the influence of others around us and how easily people can be controlled when they are vulnerable and searching for answers.
About the Book
A group of students step off a platform into the path of an oncoming train.
Only Billie survives.
She remembers nothing.
But she knows they weren’t suicidal.
At the secretive Arbor Institute, Billie is diagnosed with ‘flock phenomena’: a terrifying impulse to self-destruct with the group.
If it happens again, she’ll die.
Cut off from the world, watched at every turn, Billie begins to understand the truth:
The Institute isn’t trying to cure her.
It’s trying to contain her.
But Billie isn’t prey.
About The Author
Katherine Bradley enjoyed a twenty-year career managing services for homeless people in Brighton, before retraining as a teacher. She now teaches English in a secondary school academy, finding time to also teach creative writing to adults. She holds a first-class degree in English Literature, in addition to qualifications in teaching, creative writing and coaching. As Kate Bradley, she has published two suspense thrillers – To Keep You Safe (2020) and What I Did (2021). Her work has been described as ‘addictive, original and brilliantly twisty’ by T. M. Logan and ‘heart-stopping’ by David Nicholls. Katherine lives near Brighton with her family.
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