Dead Heat 9781529952940 Hardback

Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from theSunday Timesbestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick,Lie With Me.’A real scorcher. You won’t want to miss this one!’HARLAN COBEN’Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing’LISA JEWELL’Sun-drenched anddripping with suspense,this is the perfect summer read LUCY CLARKE———-Former journalist Matt Grimshaw’s life is at a low ebb. He’s been ‘let go’ by the paper where he’s worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck.So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it.It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play.But then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay.As the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone’s motivations darken. Envy rises, resentments grow – until a terrible accident stops the summer in its tracks.At least, it looks like an accidentSet over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrants new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping.———-Praise forDead Heat. . .’Expertly constructedandguilefully written,itinevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith, but also ofThe Great Gatsby’Sunday TimesNo one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant.Dead Heatisperfection Clare Mackintosh,Sunday Timesbestselling author ofA Game of Lies’Anoutstandingthriller’ India KnightIloved this book. The descriptions areso beautifulthat you almost dont notice thebrilliance of the plotting Elly Griffiths, bestselling author ofThe Frozen People’Better than every season ofThe White Lotusspun into one, anddrenched with danger, sex, and revenge’ Sarah Hilary, author ofBlack Thorn’Classy, cinematic and truly chilling,Dead Heatis a thriller it’s going to be hard to beat this year. Withshades of Patricia Highsmith, Sabine Durrant is anauthor in her prime’ Jennie Godfrey,Sunday Timesbestselling author ofThe List of Suspicious ThingsAdeliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby Julia Crouch, author ofThe Surprise Party’Tense, clever and so vividly written’ Ruth Mancini,Sunday Timesbestselling author ofThe Woman on the LedgeAnunputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller Erin Kelly, bestselling author ofHe Said She Said’Drenched in atmosphere and menacewith aGreek setting to die for. Literally.’ Tammy Cohen,The Wedding PartyCompelling, evocative and fiendishly smart, this unsettling literary thriller isa five-star triumph Isabelle Broom, author ofThe Orange House’Abrilliant twisty, claustrophobicslow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it’sfantastic’ Joe Haddow, BBC Morning LiveAnexplosiveendingWoman & HomeIntoxicating thriller HeatSlow-burn thriller givesWhite LotusvibesGood HousekeepingUtterlyirresistibleREDScorchingly good,whip-smart’Fabulous Magazine