Synopsis
Elodie was beautiful. Elodie was smart. Elodie was manipulative. Elodie is dead.
When Sylvie receives a letter calling her back to her crumbling family home in Provence, she knows she has to go. In the middle of a sweltering summer marked by unusual fires across the countryside, she returns to La Reverie with her youngest daughter Emma in tow.
In every corner of the house, Sylvie can't escape the spectre of Elodie, her first child. Elodie with the golden hair. Elodie, who knew exactly how to get what she wanted. Elodie, whose death the villagers still whisper about.
As the fires creep even closer towards the villa, it's clear to Sylvie that something isn't right at La Reverie. Because there's something that Sylvie hasn't admitted about what happened to Elodie ten summers ago . . .
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9781405922623
- Number of pages: 384
- Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 24 mm
- Weight: 265g
- Languages: English
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Dark, psychogical novel set in PROVENCE
This is bound to be a hit read in the Summer of 2020. It has all the ingredients for an engrossing read: a terrific, slightly dark setting (Provence), a na... READ MORE
A Great Summer Read
The Heatwave is a thriller set in France during a heatwave .Sylvie is French but now lives in London with her daughter Emma but she returns to the Family... READ MORE
A claustrophobic and harrowing tale about a very dysfunctional family.
This is my first time reading the work of Kate Riordan and it definitely will not be my last. I thoroughly enjoyed her writing, her characterization, and h... READ MORE
A deeply compelling, dark and unsettling thriller
This is deeply compelling, dark and unsettling thriller; The Heatwave is a real page turner. Set in France in the early 1990s, against a backdrop of a heat... READ MORE
Thoroughly enjoyed this book
I really enjoyed this book. It was written so that you didn’t want to put it down. A real page turner!
The main character Sylvie comes across as a lonely... READ MORE
The Unfolding of Long Buried Secrets.
Sylvie and her daughter Emma return to their French house which has lain empty for 10 years, to assess fire damage which has been reported. On arriving, Sy... READ MORE
Perfect for an afternoon by the pool
This is the story of Sylvie and her youngest daughter returning to France in order to sell their home there. It is told through dual timelines to help us b... READ MORE
An intoxicating thriller
Sultry, evocative and alluring, The Heatwave is an outstanding summer sizzler. Set in 1993, the story moves between timelines to tell the story of the Wint... READ MORE
Just lovely
I loved this gentle and compelling story. The author managed to beautifully capture the characters thoughts and and dreams. She provided believable and hea... READ MORE
A scorcher of a novel - buy it!
I highly recommend this book. It had me on the edge of my seat and I was desperate to know what was going to happen.
It is beautifully written and I was t... READ MORE
Outstanding!
In The Heatwave, Kate Riordan gives the reader an absorbing family drama and a simmering psychological thriller.
It is the summer of 1993 and after a ten-... READ MORE
Tense, beautiful scenery, a mother’s love
I found this book so evocative of the character’s deep anxiety, that it made me anxious! The scenery of the south of France set a beautiful scene for this ... READ MORE
Temperature and tension
Set between the years 1968 and 1993, this is an atmospheric tale of a family split by the life and death of their first daughter Elodie.
Sylvie returns to... READ MORE
A gripping read
Elodie was smart and manipulative... and is now dead. Years later her mum Sylvie must go back to her family home in La Reverie and travels back with her ... READ MORE
Heatwave by Kate Riordan a five-star read that has the mixings of a summer blockbuster
Heatwave by Kate Riordan a five-star read that has the mixings of a summer blockbuster. This will have you gripped on every page, and have you wondering wh... READ MORE
An intense and sometimes chilling read
Set in the south of France in the family home where the protagonist Sylvie grew up with her sister, this is a very atmospheric and sinister read. Perhaps ... READ MORE
Has all the ingredients I like in a book. Loved it!!
Oh how I loved this book!
It had all the ingredients I like in a novel. A tense psychological thriller, a buried past, sun, heat and the South Of France. ... READ MORE
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