Ben Gibson was the joint leader of an expedition into the mountains. He is now in prison for murdering his girlfriend. This is the story of how one led to the other. 
 This novel has some excellent reviews and I thought from reading those that I would really enjoy it. I think it's a shame that I did read them really, because this is actually a perfectly good story - it just isn't as amazing as it is portrayed to be by some readers. 
 Ben himself is quite an interesting character but I struggled a lot with some of the others, particularly Rose and Tomas who I just found not very well described generally rather than the quirky I think they were supposed to be. 
 The story itself is really built up but in actuality, it's not very original at all and even sends itself up by referring to other (almost identical) stories within itself. 
 Sadly, I found the whole novel predictable and ultimately unsatisfying as the twist I was expecting just didn't materialise. Not one I would recommend.