Product Description
High Season
Author: Katie Bishop
Format: Paperback
Escape to the French Riviera with this totally addictive thriller about murder, memory and dark family secrets - the perfect summer read for fans of Lucy Clarke, Shalini Boland and White Lotus.
We never speak of that summer . . .
Twenty years ago, Nina Drayton's older sister Tamara drowned at their family's luxury villa on the Côte d'Azur.
And five-year-old Nina became the child witness who helped send their babysitter, Josie Jackson, to prison for ten years.
But now, true crime investigators are reopening the case - and Nina is no longer certain she remembers what really happened that summer.
Returning to the French Riviera for the first time since Tamara's death, Nina is plunged back into a world of sun-bleached terraces, glittering turquoise seas and the faded opulence of her family's once-splendid villa. But beneath the picture-perfect views lies a chilling possibility:
What if Josie was innocent?
And if Nina's memory was wrong . . . then the real killer is still walking free.
Atmospheric, twisty and impossible to put down, High Season is a gripping psychological suspense novel about trauma, guilt, obsession and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
Praise for Katie Bishop and High Season:
'Beautifully written, transportive, and thought-provoking...sizzles with suspense.' — Lucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Castaways
'Ripped me out of my reading slump' Ella Berman, author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Before We Were Innocent
'What a great summer read! The kind of book that will keep you entertained till the last page' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I could hear the waves and feel the summer heat as I read it. Definitely read this book!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I was sobbing by the last paragraph. If you do not feel something while reading that chapter, check your pulse' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I just couldn't put the book down if I tried' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I could definitely see this as a Netflix/Prime series and I'd 10000% watch' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
About the Author
Katie Bishop is an author and journalist based in Birmingham, UK. Her journalism has been published in The New York Times, the Guardian, Vogue and many others. Her debut novel, The Girls of Summer published in 2023. High Season is her second novel.
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