High Season
The gripping new mystery thriller from the author of The Girls of Summer
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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.
'A master storyteller' Sara Ochs, author of The Resort
'Ripped me out of my reading slump as I found myself devouring this tale of privilege, loss, and the slippery nature of memory.' Ella Berman, author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Before We Were Innocent
'True crime meets the Côte d’Azur in this layered, insightful novel… Propulsive, escapist, and sharp.' Emily Layden, author of Once More From The Top
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.
Praise for Katie Bishop and High Season:
'Crime fiction rarely explores the afterlife of someone convicted of murder and Katie Bishop’s sensitive novel reveals the impact of class on assumptions about guilt and innocence'
'What a great summer read! The kind of book that will keep you entertained till the last page' 5-star reader review
'Kept me guessing right until the end' 5-star reader review
'High Season was fast paced but also felt luxurious in it's telling, evoking the sea breeze and the sun on your face while you read' 5-star reader review
'Beautifully written, transportive, and thought-provoking...sizzles with suspense.' - Lucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Castaways
'Startling...packs an incredible punch.' - The Times
'Lures you in then shakes you up.' - Nikki May, award-winning author of This Motherless Land
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This wobbly psychological suspense novel from Bishop (The Girls of Summer) breaks little new ground in its exploration of class tensions on the Cote d'Azur. Privileged 25-year-old Nina has built a satisfying life for herself after surviving a traumatic childhood under the care of her self-absorbed mother and manipulative older siblings. Her fragile peace is threatened, however, when a true crime documentary seeks to reopen the case that catapulted Nina into the headlines as the youngest person ever to testify in a French murder trial: when she was five, her troubled sister, Tamara, was found floating in the family pool during their mother's lavish birthday party. Nina's testimony led to the conviction of the family's babysitter, Josie Jackson, for Tamara's murder, but now Josie has been released from prison, and the public has begun to relitigate her guilt. Josie returns to the Cote d'Azur with hopes of putting the past behind her, but for Nina, her reemergence drags the memory of that fateful day screaming into the present. Bishop toggles between the frenzy around Tamara's death and the present day, spreading narration duties across multiple characters who never really come to life, with Nina's heartless and ultrawealthy family in particular verging on cliché. Despite an intriguing setup, this fails to ignite.
