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Sun Damage

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Digital (deliver electronic) / ISBN-13: 9781473681712

Price: £8.99

ON SALE: 2nd June 2022

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Crime & Mystery

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THE EXPLOSIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

The perfect holiday. The perfect crime…

When Ali has the chance to stay at a beautiful house in the south of France, she jumps at it.
But not everything is as it seems.
Surrounded by a group of wealthy friends, Ali blends expertly into the background.
She’s watching them all.
And she isn’t the only one interested.
The heat rises. The pool shimmers. Secrets are exposed.
And Ali must face up to the biggest lie of all: herself.

Readers love Sabine Durrant:

”I’ve read all of this author’s books and enjoyed them. Thank you Sabine Durrant for a great read.” meggies mum, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

”Oh I adored this novel, I raced through it in a day and bit. I was enraptured and it’s definitely a winner.” Lolly130612, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Could not put this down. Brilliant lead characters and such a clever plot. I love this author and this is my favourite so far – sunshine and suspense – a winning combination!” Booklover, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

”This is a perfect holiday read set in a Villa in the South of France! Sabine Durrant’s characters always have something to hide and those in SUN DAMAGE are no exception to this.” Annette C, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I always look forward to a new book from this talented author, and SUN DAMAGE lived up to every expectation. It was my final read during my recent holiday in Corfu and the descriptions of the searing heat of the French setting was exquisitely done, especially as the temperatures in Greece soared that week too.” Lincs Reader, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

SUN DAMAGE is the perfect holiday read, not least because of how it is set against the languid backdrop of beaches and cafés, market towns and lazy lunches at a house share (with a pool, of course) in the South of France. After so many years without such a getaway insight, I felt I was more transported with each page.” Melanie Garrett, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sabine Durrant never disappoints and her new novel SUN DAMAGE is excellent, with an atmospheric setting, believable characters and twisty plot. I found the little observations about human nature quite fascinating, almost like surreptitious people watching.” Lovebooks, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Written with Durrant’s usual acuity, Sun Damage is an attractive two-for-one deal: smart observation of family life and Brits abroad in the middle, bookended by a Highsmithian thriller SUNDAY TIMES
Plenty of Ripleyish peril to keep the nerves on edge’ CLARE CHAMBERS
‘No one creates characters like Sabine Durrant’ CLARE MACKINTOSH
‘I tore through Sun Damage!’ SJ WATSON
Claustrophobic and suspenseful, with an engaging narrator and a satisfying twist: perfect poolside reading GUARDIAN
‘Sensuously atmospheric, Sun Damage is a twisty thriller with the added delight of acute social comedy. Without doubt Sabine Durrant’s best novel yet’ GILL HORNBY
‘The suspense sizzles off every page’ ERIN KELLY
‘One of our best thriller writers’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
An exploration of vulnerability, trickery and cruel dishonesty … the ending gives great satisfactionLITERARY REVIEW
‘Absorbing, intriguing, with great twists and pace, SUN DAMAGE is a wonderful rollercoaster of a read’ B.A. PARIS
‘Durrant is relentless with the suspense … superbly controlled, a novel that’s obsidian dark under the blazing French sun’ SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

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Reviews

Secrets and tensions rise along with the temperature until they reach boiling point
Red
Another masterful trouble-in-paradise book from Sabine Durrant, whose sharp observations strip bare the darkness we all try to hide. The suspense sizzles off every page
Erin kelly
Plenty of Ripleyish peril to keep the nerves on edge
Clare Chambers
Sun-soaked brilliance
Sarah Hilary
Absorbing, intriguing, with great twists and pace, SUN DAMAGE is a wonderful rollercoaster of a read
B.A. Paris
Gripping . . . Full of twists, secrets and tension
My Weekly
Pacy and intriguing, this has a sizzling tension all the way through
Fabulous
A masterclass of slow-burning psychological suspense, packed with intrigue and full of the most delightfully unreliable narrators one could ever wish to meet . . . It is an intricately woven book of many layers, in which Durrant ponders questions around the nature of guilt, culpability and coercive control, all wrapped up in a wonderfully addictive story. It should come with a warning, since believe me, once you start, you'll resent everyone and anything that drags you away from reading it
Perspective Magazine
Sun Damage is gloriously teasing, and is just about the most exciting and obsessively readable book to have passed through my fingers for eons . . . an absolute roller coaster of a book, where every page holds a shock, a surprise or a horror
On Magazine
One of our best thriller writers returns with a multi-layered novel that keeps readers on the back foot throughout
Good Housekeeping
Dream-holiday-nightmare . . . will make queuing at the airport feel much quicker
Sunday Times Crime Club
Tangled'n'twisty
Peterborough Telegraph
Written with Durrant's usual acuity, Sun Damage is an attractive two-for-one deal: smart observation of family life and Brits abroad in the middle, bookended by a Highsmithian thriller
The Sunday Times
An exploration of vulnerability, trickery and cruel dishonesty
Literary Review
The premise is so interested and the characters so divisive that you'll want to keep reading
Belfast Telegraph
A sizzling thriller
Bella
Escapist thriller
HELLO Magazine
Essential holiday reading material
Closer
Claustrophobic and suspenseful, with an engaging narrator and a satisfying twist: perfect poolside reading
The Guardian
A brilliant read with twists and turns up to the last page
Yours
A merciless portrayal of privileged English abroad leavens a tense and fiendish thriller. Yikes!
Saga, Book of the Month
Ideal for a sun lounger at home or abroad
The Times, Audiobook of the Week
Durrant is relentless with the suspense . . . superbly controlled, a novel that's obsidian dark under the blazing French sun
Sunday Independent
Durrant confirms her status as one of Britain's best thriller writers
Reader's Digest