{"product_id":"b0fdpnjtyn","title":"Dead Heat: Escape to Greece in this gripping must-read crime thriller - the perfect beach read for summer 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnder the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the  Sunday Times  bestselling author of Richard \u0026amp; Judy Book Club pick,  Lie With Me .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!'  HARLAN COBEN\u003cbr\u003e\n'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing'  LISA JEWELL\u003cbr\u003e\n'Sun-drenched and   dripping with suspense ,  this is the perfect summer read ’ LUCY CLARKE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormer journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb . He's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone's motivations darken. Envy rises, resentments grow - until a terrible accident stops the summer in its tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt least, it looks like an accident…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant’s new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for  Dead Heat  . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Expertly constructed  and  guilefully written ,  it  inevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith , but also of  The Great Gatsby'  Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘ No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant .  Dead Heat  is  perfection ’ Clare Mackintosh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An  outstanding  thriller' India Knight\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘I  loved this book . The descriptions are  so beautiful  that you almost don’t notice the  brilliance of the plotting ’ Elly Griffiths\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e' Better than every season of  The White Lotus  spun into one, and  drenched with danger, sex, and revenge ' Sarah Hilary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e' Classy, cinematic and truly chilling ' Jennie Godfrey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A  deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby ’ Julia Crouch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A  brilliant twisty, claustrophobic  slow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's  fantastic ' Joe Haddow,  BBC Morning Live\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘An  unputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller ’ Erin Kelly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e' Drenched in atmosphere and menace  with a  Greek setting to die for. Literally. ' Tammy Cohen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘ Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart , this unsettling literary thriller is  a five-star triumph ’ Isabelle Broom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘ I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I loved it! ' Marika Cobbold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A  genius  story of  infatuation and twisted love , as brooding as a Greek heatwave' Jane Thynne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘ Dangerously addictive ’ Esther Freud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘An  explosive  ending’  Woman \u0026amp; Home\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘ Intoxicating thriller ’ Heat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Slow-burn thriller gives  White Lotus  vibes ’  Good Housekeeping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Utterly  irresistible ’  RED\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘ Scorchingly good ,  whip-smart '  Fabulous Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52759439409368,"sku":"YSL20308","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/910JU3C8a0L._SY1500.jpg?v=1792639172","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b0fdpnjtyn","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}