Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller fromSunday Timesbestselling author Sabine Durrant.

‘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

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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 accident

Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrants new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping.

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Praise forDead Heat. . .

No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant.Dead Heatisperfection Clare Mackintosh,Sunday Timesbestselling author ofA Game of Lies

Iloved 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

Adeliciously 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 Ledge

Anunputdownable, 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 Party

Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart, this unsettling literary thriller isa five-star triumph Isabelle Broom, author ofThe Orange House

I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. I loved it!‘ Marika Cobbold, author ofOn Hampstead Heath

‘Ageniusstory ofinfatuation and twisted love, as brooding as a Greek heatwave’ Jane Thynne, author ofMidnight in Vienna

Dangerously addictive Esther Freud, author ofMy Sister and Other Lovers