The Heatwave

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Description

Elodie was beautiful. Elodie was smart. Elodie was manipulative. Elodie is dead.When Sylvie receives a letter calling her back to her crumbling family home in Provence, she knows she has to go. In the middle of a sweltering summer marked by unusual fires across the countryside, she returns to La Reverie with her youngest daughter Emma in tow.In every corner of the house, Sylvie can’t escape the spectre of Elodie, her first child. Elodie with the golden hair. Elodie, who knew exactly how to get what she wanted. Elodie, whose death the villagers still whisper about.As the fires creep even closer towards the villa, it’s clear to Sylvie that something isn’t right at La Reverie. Because there’s something that Sylvie hasn’t admitted about what happened to Elodie ten summers ago . . .

Additional information

Weight 0.27 kg
Dimensions 2.5 × 13 × 19.8 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

384

Publisher

Year Published

2020-9-3

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1405922621

About The Author

Kate Riordan is a writer and journalist. She is an avid reader of Daphne du Maurier and Agatha Christie, both of whom have influenced her writing. She lives in the Cotswolds, where she writes full-time. Her previous novels include The Girl In The Photograph, The Shadow Hour, The Stranger and The Heatwave, which was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. Summer Fever is her fifth novel.

Review Quote

A tense psychological drama that brilliantly evokes its South of France setting. Terrific summer escapism

Other text

Sultry, atmospheric and unsettling – a book to lose yourself in this summer