The Last Time I Saw Her Alive
$39.33
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2026
Summary
Packed with delicious atmosphere and slow-burn suspense, the new must-have mystery from the author of The Heatwave.
It’s been years since Rain went home. To many, growing up on the Tanglewood estate, nestled in a beautiful corner of the Cotswolds countryside, seemed like a dream. But for Rain, memories of her childhood there are forever tainted by what happened that summer. The wild party. The body…
Now estranged from her mother, and all ties to Tanglewood, Rain thoug…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241827383 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241827388 |
| Author: | Kate Riordan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Michael Joseph Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 622g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 167mm x 243mm |
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Critics Review
Beautifully written and dripping in atmosphere, The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is an evocative and compelling suspense novel. The perfect summer read – Lucy Clarke
Taut, twisting, and gorgeously dark, this is Kate Riordan at her finest – Anna Bailey
The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is haunting, atmospheric, and beautifully detailed. A growing unease pervades, taut and menacing, as the idyll slowly folds beneath the weight of its dark secrets – Mary Watson
A tense, slow-burn thriller * Sun *
Both a twisty thriller teeming with family secrets and a gorgeously written exploration of childhood ghosts, truths that won’t stay hidden and the many shapes haunting can take, The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is Kate Riordan at her finest. With all the haunting beauty of Midsommar and the intoxicating mystery of The God of the Woods, this story will creep under your skin and into your heart, right to the breathtaking conclusion. Wonderful – Emma Stonex
Atmospheric and impossible to put down * Heat *
Simmering with atmosphere and tension – Jane Fallon
Utterly beguiling, Kate Riordan’s murder mystery has all the elements I love in a novel: a shadowy setting, long-buried secrets and a wonderfully dark thread of suspense that pulls you through the pages to the heart-stopping conclusion. This is the book I shall be recommending all summer long – Hannah Richell
A brilliantly atmospheric and compelling Cotswolds-set mystery. I became quickly entangled in Tanglewood’s secrets and remained engrossed until the final page. Kate Riordan is so darn good – Anna Mazzola
The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is, simply, sensational; both fiendishly compelling and jaw-droppingly beautiful. Kate Riordan has a unique and wonderful talent for complex characters, almost unbearable suspense and wildly evocative, haunting settings. I was blown away by this novel – Rosie Walsh
Kate Riordan
Kate Riordan is a writer and author coach for The Novelry. Kate is the bestselling author of seven novels, including The Heatwave, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, and Sunday Times bestseller The Girl in the Photograph. She has also written Summer Fever, The Shadow Hour, The Red Letter, The Stranger, and most recently The Liars under the pseudonym Katherine Fleet. As a journalist, she wrote for the Guardian, The Sunday Times, Red, Stella and Grazia.
Kate lives in a very old cottage in a Cotswolds valley where she writes her novels between waiting on two rescue dogs.
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