Sun Damage

Secrets and tensions rise along with the temperature until they reach boiling point

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

Plenty of Ripleyish peril to keep the nerves on edge

Sun-soaked brilliance

Absorbing, intriguing, with great twists and pace, SUN DAMAGE is a wonderful rollercoaster of a read

Gripping . . . Full of twists, secrets and tension

Pacy and intriguing, this has a sizzling tension all the way through

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

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

One of our best thriller writers returns with a multi-layered novel that keeps readers on the back foot throughout

Dream-holiday-nightmare . . . will make queuing at the airport feel much quicker

Tangled'n'twisty

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

An exploration of vulnerability, trickery and cruel dishonesty

The premise is so interested and the characters so divisive that you'll want to keep reading

A sizzling thriller

Escapist thriller

Essential holiday reading material

Claustrophobic and suspenseful, with an engaging narrator and a satisfying twist: perfect poolside reading

A brilliant read with twists and turns up to the last page

A merciless portrayal of privileged English abroad leavens a tense and fiendish thriller. Yikes!

Ideal for a sun lounger at home or abroad

Durrant is relentless with the suspense . . . superbly controlled, a novel that's obsidian dark under the blazing French sun

Durrant confirms her status as one of Britain's best thriller writers