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, 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.
What did I think?
I absolutely love Katerina Diamond's DS Imogen Grey series so I was very excited to read her new standalone novel, The Heatwave. Stepping away from a police procedural into a psychological thriller, Katerina Diamond's slow burning thriller The Heatwave absolutely blew me away. It is THE book to read this summer!
Felicity is a very intriguing main character; there's definitely a lot more going on under the surface than it first appears. When she leaves her husband and family behind to return to her hometown in the wake of a missing teenager, you just know that this is not the reaction of a normal person. As we delve into Felicity's teenage past and the summer when a stranger comes to town and a teenager goes missing, Katerina Diamond turns the temperature up to boiling point in this scorching novel.
There are so many twists and turns in The Heatwave that you think you know where the story is going and then Katerina Diamond plants a landmine and you're off on a completely different tangent. With a dual timeline set in past and present, Felicity's friendship with Jasmine during the summer heatwave is the focus of the 'past' storyline. With teenage hormones in full flow and temperatures rising, the mysterious Tim (Jasmine's parents' lodger) becomes the focus of the girls' attention and their friendship comes under pressure. When a teenager goes missing, Felicity leaves her hometown and Jasmine behind. So why on earth does a missing teenager 16 years later make Felicity go back?
The Heatwave is a completely masterful novel showing that Katerina Diamond is at the top of her game. She is such an accomplished and talented writer that I'm sure Katerina Diamond could turn her venomous pen to any genre. Make sure to grab a copy of The Heatwave; you don't want to miss what is sure to be the hottest book of the year.
I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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