Tigers in Red Weather

A Sunday Times bestseller & Richard and Judy Book Club Pick

‘Immensely gripping’ – The Guardian

Liza Klaussmann’s Tigers in Red Weather tells the story of Nick and her cousin Helena who have grown up together, sharing long hot summers at Tiger House. With husbands and children of their own, they keep returning. But against a background of parties, cocktails, moonlight and jazz, how long can perfection last?

There is always the summer that changes everything.

The award-winning Tigers in Red Weather is a delicious novel, a book that simmers with tension and threat; an intoxicating cocktail of money, sex, heat, boredom and beauty. Gracefully drawn and utterly intriguing, it’s the perfect summer blockbuster.

‘Tragedy, betrayal and passion . . . A riveting, intelligent read’ – Stylist

‘Heady, page-turning stuff’ – The Sunday Times

Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Winner of Specsavers National Book Awards New Writer of the Year 2013 (UK)

Absolutely packed with plot . . . heady, page-turning stuff The Guardian
Tragedy, betrayal and passion . . . A riveting, intelligent read Stylist
A clever, sensual thriller . . . with a conscious nod to F. Scott Fitzgerald Metro
An immensely gripping and well-told tale of two generations . . . It is part of the considerable pleasure of this novel that much of it reminds you of other stories, in prose and film The Sunday Times
A scintillating look at a gilded but dysfunctional family grappling with lies, secrets and conspiracies . . . The voices of the five main characters ramp up the tension with languorously graceful prose, perfectly mirroring the book's long, dangerous summers Marie Claire
Brilliant . . . Klaussmann turns an elegant period piece into a creepy psychological thriller . . . A wonderfully clever, chilling summer read The Independent
Yokes literary craftmanship to a strong, engaging plot Literary Review
Two things set this enjoyably creepy book apart from your average beach read. The plot and pacing are expertly managed . . . But the real selling point is the writing, which is minimalist and evocative at the same time. The Observer
Summers are made for novels like Liza Klaussmann's debut, a sophisticated page-turner, where danger and pain throb in every tight-lipped silence, every casually cruel remark, every misinterpreted gesture . . . Hemingway['s] influence is apparent in the simplicity of her language and observations . . . I read it the first time in one sitting, and envy anyone about to start it, with that delicious pleasure ahead of them The Sunday Telegraph

Liza Klaussmann was born in New York but lives in London. Her debut novel, Tigers in Red Weather, was published in twenty-two countries, was a Sunday Times bestseller and won Best Debut Novel at the British National Book Awards.

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