Sun Damage

Secrets and tensions rise along with the temperature until they reach boiling point * Red *Another masterful trouble-in-paradise book from Sabine Durrant, whose sharp observations strip bare the darkness we all try to hide. The suspense sizzles off every page * Erin kelly *Plenty of Ripleyish peril to keep the nerves on edge * Clare Chambers *Sun-soaked brilliance * Sarah Hilary *Absorbing, intriguing, with great twists and pace, SUN DAMAGE is a wonderful rollercoaster of a read * B.A. Paris *Gripping … Full of twists, secrets and tension * My Weekly *Pacy and intriguing, this has a sizzling tension all the way through * Fabulous *A masterclass of slow-burning psychological suspense, packed with intrigue and full of the most delightfully unreliable narrators one could ever wish to meet … It is an intricately woven book of many layers, in which Durrant ponders questions around the nature of guilt, culpability and coercive control, all wrapped up in a wonderfully addictive story. It should come with a warning, since believe me, once you start, you’ll resent everyone and anything that drags you away from reading it * Perspective Magazine *Sun Damage is gloriously teasing, and is just about the most exciting and obsessively readable book to have passed through my fingers for eons … an absolute roller coaster of a book, where every page holds a shock, a surprise or a horror * On Magazine *One of our best thriller writers returns with a multi-layered novel that keeps readers on the back foot throughout * Good Housekeeping *Dream-holiday-nightmare … will make queuing at the airport feel much quicker * Sunday Times Crime Club *Tangled’n’twisty * Peterborough Telegraph *Written with Durrant’s usual acuity, Sun Damage is an attractive two-for-one deal: smart observation of family life and Brits abroad in the middle, bookended by a Highsmithian thriller * The Sunday Times *An exploration of vulnerability, trickery and cruel dishonesty * Literary Review *The premise is so interested and the characters so divisive that you’ll want to keep reading * Belfast Telegraph *A sizzling thriller * Bella *Escapist thriller * HELLO Magazine *Essential holiday reading material * Closer *Claustrophobic and suspenseful, with an engaging narrator and a satisfying twist: perfect poolside reading * The Guardian *A brilliant read with twists and turns up to the last page * Yours *A merciless portrayal of privileged English abroad leavens a tense and fiendish thriller. Yikes! * Saga, Book of the Month *Ideal for a sun lounger at home or abroad * The Times, Audiobook of the Week *Durrant is relentless with the suspense … superbly controlled, a novel that’s obsidian dark under the blazing French sun * Sunday Independent *Durrant confirms her status as one of Britain’s best thriller writers * Reader’s Digest *

Sabine Durrant is the author of five psychological thrillers, Under Your Skin, Remember Me This Way, Lie With Me, a Richard & Judy Bookclub selection and Sunday Times paperback bestseller, Take Me In and Finders, Keepers. Her previous novels are Having It and Eating It and The Great Indoors, and two books for teenage girls, Cross Your Heart, Connie Pickles and Ooh La La! Connie Pickles. She is a former features editor of the Guardian and a former literary editor at the Sunday Times, and her writing has appeared in many national newspapers and magazines. She lives in south London with her partner and their three children.

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