Dead Heat

<p><b>Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick, <i>Lie With Me</i>.</b></p><p><b>'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!'</b> HARLAN COBEN<Br><b>'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' </b>LISA JEWELL<Br><b>'Sun-drenched and</b> <b>dripping with suspense</b>, <b>this is the perfect summer read</b>’ LUCY CLARKE</p><p>----------</p><p><b>Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb</b>. 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>At least, it looks like an accident…</p><p><b>Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant’s new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping.</b></p><p>----------</p><p><b>Praise for <i>Dead Heat</i> . . .</b></p><p><b>'Expertly constructed </b>and <b>guilefully written</b><b>, </b>it <b>inevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith</b>, but also of <b>The Great Gatsby' </b><i>Sunday Times</i></p><p>‘<b>No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant</b>. <i>Dead Heat</i> is <b>perfection</b>’ Clare Mackintosh, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>A Game of Lies</i></p><p>'An <b>outstanding </b>thriller' India Knight</p><p>‘I<b> loved this book</b>. The descriptions are <b>so beautiful</b> that you almost don’t notice the <b>brilliance of the plotting</b>’ Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of <i>The Frozen People</i></p><p>'<b>Better than every season of <i>The White Lotus</i></b> spun into one, and <b>drenched with danger, sex, and revenge</b>' Sarah Hilary, author of<i> Black Thorn</i></p><p>'<b>Classy, cinematic and truly chilling</b>, <i>Dead Heat</i> is a thriller it's going to be hard to beat this year. With <b>shades of Patricia Highsmith</b>, Sabine Durrant is an <b>author in her prime</b>' Jennie Godfrey, <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The List of Suspicious Things</i></p><p>‘A<b> deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby</b>’ Julia Crouch, author of <i>The Surprise Party</i></p><p>'<b>Tense, clever and so vividly written</b>' Ruth Mancini, <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Woman on the Ledge</i></p><p>‘An <b>unputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller</b>’ Erin Kelly, bestselling author of <i>He Said She Said</i></p><p>'<b>Drenched in atmosphere and menace</b> with a<b> Greek setting to die for. Literally.</b>' Tammy Cohen, <i>The Wedding Party</i></p><p>‘<b>Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart</b>, this unsettling literary thriller is <b>a five-star triumph</b>’ Isabelle Broom, author of <i>The Orange House</i><Br></p><p>'A <b>brilliant twisty, claustrophobic </b>slow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's <b>fantastic</b>' Joe Haddow, BBC Morning Live</p><Br><Br><p>‘An <b>explosive </b>ending’ <i>Woman & Home</i></p><p>‘<b>Intoxicating thriller</b>’ Heat<Br></p><p>‘Slow-burn thriller gives <b><i>White Lotus</i> vibes</b>’ <i>Good Housekeeping </i></p><p>‘Utterly <b>irresistible</b>’ <i>RED</i&g