The Heatwave

by Katerina Diamond

‘WOW!… Gripping… Keeps you guessing’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Kept me up all night!… This thriller hits all the marks!’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Omg a great read, I was absolutely gripped from start to finish’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

One summer. One stranger. One killer…

Two bad things happened that summer:
A stranger arrived. And the first girl disappeared.

In the wake of the crime that rocked her community, Felicity fled, knowing more than she let on.

But sixteen years later, during a long, hot summer just like that one, her new life is shattered by the news that a second girl has gone missing in her hometown.

Now Felicity must go back, to face the truth about what happened all those years ago.

Only she holds the answers – and they’re more shocking than anyone could imagine.

The heatwave is back. And so is the killer.

The hottest thriller of the summer, perfect for fans of KL Slater, TM Logan and Lisa Jewell.

Readers are hooked by The Heatwave:

‘Gave me that just-one-more-chapter-syndrome… I read it in a day!… plenty of twists to keep you guessing… I did not see THAT ending coming!’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Wow what a page turner… The shocking twists just kept coming and I couldn’t believe what I was reading!… 5 stars from me’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Woah!… The twist when it came was a shocker. I absolutely loved this book’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Oh my, what an absolute cracker of a book, absolutely loved it’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Wow this book was great, I read it in one four hour sitting!’ NetGalley ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘An incredible twisted tale that has you gripped from the first page to the last word!… Absolutely incredible story from a fantastic author’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I gulped it down in one sitting… It’s blinkin brilliant’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Had me hooked from the very first chapter. The author made the characters so real and I felt as though they were actually part of my life… Full of twists’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I was totally addicted… A stunning crime thriller, full of twists and turns. Which I cannot recommend enough’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Wow. A gripping thriller with a fantastic twist you won't see coming. Drew me in from the first page and I could not put it down’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Absolutely bloody brilliant, could not put it down. This author has the power to get you so gripped to this story it is amazing’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘What a scorcher of a book… twists and turns aplenty that I couldn't put down had me gripped from beginning to end!’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

• ISBN13: 9780008361808
• Publish Date: 25 June 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 400
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[zooloo1983]

We have a then and now type of book with The Heatwave. I have heard a lot about this book so I thought why not listen to the audiobook. When I started it, I will admit I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy this because it came at a time where I was feeling under pressure to read and I couldn’t connect with the book.

Then…..

Then there was a section of the book and I was like holy frigging moly, what is going on here! I was then hooked! I couldn’t figure out how this would end, I certainly did not expect the story in front of me! It is clever with the different twists and the kicker at the end, it blew me away. Reflecting on the book now, I have now connected the dots I didn’t at the time of listening. But I think I will definitely go back and read this one at some point to see if I could pick up on things I had missed before. The narrator Charlotte Worthing did do a fab job of drawing out the intensity of the book and I would listen to her narrating again.

This is a story of two girls, best of friends, Jasmine in the past and Felicity in the present. One hot summer, Jasmine is enticed and seduced by Tim, a guy living in their summer house, but things are most definitely not what they seem. In the present a girl is missing, a body has been found, and Felicity feels the need to go back to her hometown and solve this crime.

I think for me, I could not fathom why Felicity would feel the need to risk everything to go back, she just ditched her family for no reason, but a whim. However, when it made sense, wow the words out of my mouth! It was definitely unexpected and just so OMG!

By the end, I was waiting with bated breath to see how this would finish, if I bit my nails I would have done! It is a dark but well-played book, even when you think you might know what is going to have Ms Diamond changes that real quick!

This is my first outing with this author but I have been keen to read her Imogen Grey series, which I will hopefully be able to do soon.