THE HEAT WAVE

The Heat Wave

by Kate Riordan

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5

Long buried secrets slowly reveal themselves as a mother and daughter pack up their old family home in the South of France…

After the loss of her eldest daughter and the dissolution of her marriage, Sylvie moved from her family home in Southern France to London, England… Ten years later a fire at the family home pushes Sylvie to return with her younger daughter, whom is now 14, to finally take care of the home and tie up these loose strings of her past.

An odd feeling overcomes them upon their return and stifling heat wave , the likes of which hasn’t been seen of since she left, keeps them in a lethargic state. Soon memories start to return for both Sylvie and her younger daughter, Emma. Sylvie is determined that Emma will not learn the whole truth of their departure ten years ago… until unforeseen events and visitors push the issue.

This book had me wrapped up in the mother daughter relationships with both daughters from the get go. By bouncing back and forth in time, Riordan slowly unravels the relationship dynamics and builds the suspense. I definitely could not put this book down once I started! Each chapter delving a little deeper and unraveling the mystery a piece at time kept me saying just one more chapter late in to the night!

The gorgeous scenery depictions for La Reverie and the Southern France locale and the descriptions of the heat made the book feel very immersive and helped amp up the suspense!

This was a suspenseful delight and I was surprised by the ending, I highly recommend this book!

The Heat Wave by Kate Riordan was released August 18th, 2020.

Thanks so much to Grand Central Publishing for gifting me with my review copy. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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