High Season
The gripping new mystery thriller from the author of The Girls of Summer
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
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 . . .
I was five when my sister died.
For twenty years, I've believed I saw our babysitter kill her.
Now, true crime investigators are reopening the case, and I'm no longer sure what I remember.
So I've returned to our family's once-grand villa on the French Riviera. Perched above glittering Mediterranean waters, its terracotta walls glowing pink in the evening sun, it’s as beautiful as ever.
But I'm not here for the views. I'm here to uncover the truth.
Because if I was wrong, an innocent woman went to prison.
If I was wrong, 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’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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.
