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Sun Damage

A Novel

by Sabine Durrant

Narrator Sofia Zervudachi

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Length 10 hours 26 minutes

Language English

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Bookseller recommendation

“Reminiscent of The Incredible Mr Ripley, Sun Damage is a relentlessly suspenseful psychological thriller. The unreliable narrator grows more likable as the novel progresses, and you spend the whole book wondering when, not if, she will be caught in the web of lies she’s been spinning since the beginning.”
— Alex • Harvard Book Store

Bookseller recommendation

“Filling a book with less than likable characters is always a gamble. Sabine Durrant handles all of them with a deft hand. Spoiled rich kids, well off sisters, writers who fear being one hit wonders, and con people with complicated backstories all grasp the reader's attention. Ali is a fantastic, if not a trustworthy, narrator. Durrant also pulls off plot twists that make sense narratively and in terms of character development. The perfect summer beach read, can't wait to sell it!”
— Tracie • The Book House

Summary
About the author

Reminiscent of the works of Patricia Highsmith and Lucy Foley, a compulsive psychological thriller—“the perfect poolside reading” (Guardian)—involving gorgeous grifters on the loose in the south of France who prey on a group of unsuspecting vacationers . . . and each other.

The heat is intense. The secrets are stifling. And there is no escape.

In a tiny village in Provence, nine guests arrive at a luxury holiday home.

The visitors know each other well, or at least they think they do.

The only stranger among them is Lulu, the young woman catering their stay. But Lulu is not exactly the woman on the video the guests thought they’d hired. Turns out Lulu has plenty to hide—and nowhere to run as the heat rises.

In this seemingly idyllic getaway, under the scorching sun, loyalties will be tested, secrets exposed, and tensions pushed to the brink . . .

Dripping in intrigue, Sun Damage is a glamorous, witty, and totally riveting story chock full of secrets, lies and . . . more lies.

Fiction Mystery & Thriller Fiction - Literary

SABINE DURRANT is a former assistant editor of The Guardian and a former literary editor of the Sunday Times whose feature writing has appeared in numerous British national newspapers and magazines. She has been a magazine profile writer for the Sunday Telegraph and a contributor to The Guardian’s family section. She is the author of several books, including Under Your Skin, Lie With Me, and Finders, Keepers. She lives in south London with her husband, the writer Giles Smith, and their three children.