The Heatwave

One summer. One stranger. One killer…

PRE-ORDER NOW: the unmissable new standalone thriller from the bestselling author of The Teacher and Woman in the Water

‘It can’t happen here…’
But what if it does – twice?

In their sleepy seaside town, Jasmine and Felicity have only ever felt safe.

Until Jasmine’s parents invite a stranger to stay, and they sense something about him isn’t right.

Tim is watching them both.

And then their community is rocked by a disappearance…

Years later, a second girl goes missing in her hometown, and Felicity is forced to return to face the truth.

A predator is stalking the streets. And only she holds the answers.

Praise for Katerina Diamond:

‘The new Queen of Crime’ Heat

‘Deliciously dark’ Lisa Hall

‘Packed with twists until the last page’ Closer

‘Has the feeling of a nightmare come to life’ Lovereading

• Katerina Diamond’s police procedurals have sold over half a million copies P&E

• Now, her first standalone is set to be one of the big thrillers of summer 2020, as T.M. Logan’s The Holiday (111k PB TCM) was in 2019

• With a killer concept, this will take Katerina Diamond to the next level, bringing her to fans of procedurals, thrillers and dark women’s fiction alike

• One summer twenty years ago, a predator stalked a little seaside town. Felicity was convinced she knew who it was. But when another girl is taken in the present day, Felicity is forced to return home to face the truth – and catch the killer…

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