{"product_id":"dead-heat-9781804954645","title":"Dead Heat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnder the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of Richard \u0026amp; Judy Book Club pick, \u003ci\u003eLie With Me\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' \u003c\/b\u003eLISA JEWELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'D\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eripping with suspense\u003c\/b\u003e’ LUCY CLARKE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Completely blew me away. Perfection!'\u003c\/b\u003e CLARE MACKINTOSH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormer journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb\u003c\/b\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt least, it looks like an accident…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant’s new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDead Heat\u003c\/i\u003e . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Expertly constructed \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eguilefully written\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eit \u003cb\u003einevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith\u003c\/b\u003e, but also of \u003cb\u003eThe Great Gatsby' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An \u003cb\u003eoutstanding \u003c\/b\u003ethriller' India Knight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I\u003cb\u003e loved this book\u003c\/b\u003e. The descriptions are \u003cb\u003eso beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e that you almost don’t notice the \u003cb\u003ebrilliance of the plotting\u003c\/b\u003e’ Elly Griffiths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBetter than every season of \u003ci\u003eThe White Lotus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e spun into one' Sarah Hilary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eClassy, cinematic and truly chilling\u003c\/b\u003e' Jennie Godfrey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A\u003cb\u003e deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby\u003c\/b\u003e’ Julia Crouch\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ebrilliant twisty, claustrophobic \u003c\/b\u003eslow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's \u003cb\u003efantastic\u003c\/b\u003e' Joe Haddow, \u003ci\u003eBBC Morning Live\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An \u003cb\u003eunputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller\u003c\/b\u003e’ Erin Kelly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDrenched in atmosphere and menace\u003c\/b\u003e with a\u003cb\u003e Greek setting to die for. 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