Dead Heat

Dead Heat Synopsis

Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling 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 and dripping 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 Durrant's new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping.

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Praise for Dead Heat . . .

'Expertly constructed and guilefully written, it inevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith, but also of The Great Gatsby' Sunday Times

'No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant. Dead Heat is perfection' Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Game of Lies

'An outstanding thriller' India Knight

'I loved this book. The descriptions are so beautiful that you almost don't notice the brilliance of the plotting' Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of The Frozen People

'Better than every season of The White Lotus spun into one, and drenched with danger, sex, and revenge' Sarah Hilary, author of Black Thorn

'Classy, cinematic and truly chilling, Dead Heat is a thriller it's going to be hard to beat this year. With shades of Patricia Highsmith, Sabine Durrant is an author in her prime' Jennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things

'A deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby' Julia Crouch, author of The Surprise Party

'Tense, clever and so vividly written' Ruth Mancini, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman on the Ledge

'An unputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller' Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said She Said

'Drenched in atmosphere and menace with a Greek setting to die for. Literally.' Tammy Cohen, The Wedding Party

'Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart, this unsettling literary thriller is a five-star triumph' Isabelle Broom, author of The Orange House

'A brilliant twisty, claustrophobic slow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's fantastic' Joe Haddow, BBC Morning Live

'An explosive ending' Woman & Home

'Intoxicating thriller' Heat

'Slow-burn thriller gives White Lotus vibes' Good Housekeeping

'Utterly irresistible' RED

'Scorchingly good, whip-smart' Fabulous Magazine