In "A Quiet Retreat," five authors anticipate a serene sojourn at the Black Hills Manor Writing Retreat. The idyllic setting promises a week of creative rejuvenation, complete with companionship and hospitality. However, serenity morphs into suspicion soon after their arrival as a sequence of disturbing events unfold. Vandalism, theft, and unexplained disturbances have the authors doubting one another. Tensions escalate, transforming the retreat into a real-life mystery, with the authors ensnared in a frightening scenario reminiscent of their own thriller plots. Amidst this chaos, trust becomes a rarity, and the line between fiction and reality blurs, threatening to turn their fictional horrors into a deadly reality.