PRE-ORDER NOW! THE ATMOSPHERIC, SUSPENSEFUL NEW MYSTERY FROM KATE RIORDAN, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY PICK THE HEATWAVE

'One of my favourite suspense writers' Anna Bailey
'Had me absolutely gripped' Louise Candlish
'Intimate, intense and utterly addictive' Emma Stonex

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It’s been years since Rain went home.
To many, growing up on the Tanglewood estate, nestled in a beautiful corner of the Cotswolds countryside, seemed like a dream.
But for Rain, memories of her childhood there are forever tainted by what happened that summer. The wild party. The body…
Now estranged from her mother, and all ties to Tanglewood, Rain thought she’d moved on.
Yet when another dead body is found at Tanglewood, she knows she must face her past.
Rain has long held suspicions that what happened that summer wasn’t an accident. It was murder.
And now's her chance to prove it.

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Why readers and reviewers LOVE Kate Riordan
'The best book I have read this year. Atmospheric, thrilling and completely unputdownable' 5***** Reader Review
'Immersive' HARRIET TYCE
'A compelling and unsettling read with summer written all over it' WOMAN & HOME
'The only book you need this summer. Gripping, well-paced and full of thrills' 5***** Reader Review
'Tense and atmospheric. A dark, sultry, summer read' JANE FALLON

Both a twisty thriller teeming with family secrets and a gorgeously written exploration of childhood ghosts, truths that won’t stay hidden and the many shapes haunting can take, The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is Kate Riordan at her finest. With all the haunting beauty of Midsommar and the intoxicating mystery of The God of the Woods, this story will creep under your skin and into your heart, right to the breathtaking conclusion. Wonderful’ -- Emma Stonex
The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is, simply, sensational; both fiendishly compelling and jaw-droppingly beautiful. Kate Riordan has a unique and wonderful talent for complex characters, almost unbearable suspense and wildly evocative, haunting settings. I was blown away by this novel -- Rosie Walsh
The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is an evocative, atmospheric, and deeply satisfying novel. I was thoroughly drawn in by Rain and her world, acutely feeling all the push and pull of her home, the beauty of the wild Cotswolds landscape, and the danger lurking beneath the surface. Stylish and heartfelt, I loved it! -- Emylia Hall
Praise for Kate Riordan * : *
A gorgeously written and hugely atmospheric thriller with a dark, compelling mystery at its heart -- Lucy Foley
One of my favourite suspense writers -- Anna Bailey
I devoured it. Beautiful writing and characterisation and a gripping plot. Such an atmospheric read -- Sarah Pearse
Superb storytelling. The ideal read for a holiday! * Prima *
A scorching summer read -- Lucy Clarke
Completely addictive and wonderfully compelling. A sun-dappled summer escape with a jagged dark heart. You won't be able to put it down -- B P Walter

Kate Riordan is a writer and author coach for The Novelry. Kate is the bestselling author of seven novels, including The Heatwave, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, and Sunday Times bestseller The Girl in the Photograph. She has also written Summer Fever, The Shadow Hour, The Red Letter, The Stranger, and most recently The Liars under the pseudonym Katherine Fleet. As a journalist, she wrote for the Guardian, The Sunday Times, Red, Stella and Grazia.

Kate lives in a very old cottage in a Cotswolds valley where she writes her novels between waiting on two rescue dogs.