Katie Bishop

Escape to the French Riviera with this totally addictive thriller about murder, memory and dark family secrets – the perfect summer read for fans of Lucy Clarke, Shalini Boland and White Lotus. We never speak of that summer . . . Twenty years ago, Nina Drayton’s older sister Tamara drowned at their family’s luxury villa on the Côte d’Azur. And five-year-old Nina became the child witness who helped send their babysitter, Josie Jackson, to prison for ten years. But now, true crime investigators are reopening the case – and Nina is no longer certain she remembers what really happened that summer. Returning to the French Riviera for the first time since Tamara’s death, Nina is plunged back into a world of sun-bleached terraces, glittering turquoise seas and the faded opulence of her family's once-splendid villa. But beneath the picture-perfect views lies a chilling possibility:What if Josie was innocen? nd if Nina’s memory was wrong . . . then the real killer is still walking free. Atmospheric, twisty and impossible to put down, High Season is a gripping psychological suspense novel about trauma, guilt, obsession and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. Praise for Katie Bishop and High Season:'Beautifully written, transportive, and thought-provoking...sizzles with suspense.' Lucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Castaways'Ripped me out of my reading slump' Ella Berman, author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Before We Were Innocent'What a great summer read! The kind of book that will keep you entertained till the last page' ? ?‘I could hear the waves and feel the summer heat as I read it. Definitely read this book!’ ? ?‘I was sobbing by the last paragraph. If you do not feel something while reading that chapter, check your pulse’ ? ?'I just couldn’t put the book down if I tried' ? ?‘I could definitely see this as a Netflix/Prime series and I'd 10000% watch’ ? ?

Escape to the French Riviera with the suspenseful new mystery thriller from the author of The Girls of Summer, perfect for fans of Girl A, Penance and Idol. In the heat of summer, the past can become hazy. . . For twenty years, Nina Drayton has told herself that she must have seen her sister, Tamara, being murdered by the family babysitter - Josie Jackson. That she doesn't remember it because she was five, and amnesia is a normal trauma response. But now, with the anniversary of Tamara's death approaching and true crime investigators revisiting the case, Nina finds it harder to suppress her doubts. Returning to her family's sparkling villa on the Cote d'Azur for the first time since the murder, she wants to uncover more about the summer that changed so many lives. Because if she was wrong, then she sent an innocent woman to jail - and the real killer is still walking free.