Sun Damage (Paperback)

Secrets and tensions rise along with the temperature until they reach boiling point - Red

Another masterful trouble-in-paradise book from Sabine Durrant, whose sharp observations strip bare the darkness we all try to hide. The suspense sizzles off every page - Erin kelly

Plenty of Ripleyish peril to keep the nerves on edge - Clare Chambers

Sun-soaked brilliance - Sarah Hilary

Absorbing, intriguing, with great twists and pace, SUN DAMAGE is a wonderful rollercoaster of a read - B.A. Paris

Gripping . . . Full of twists, secrets and tension - My Weekly

Pacy and intriguing, this has a sizzling tension all the way through - Fabulous

A masterclass of slow-burning psychological suspense, packed with intrigue and full of the most delightfully unreliable narrators one could ever wish to meet . . . It is an intricately woven book of many layers, in which Durrant ponders questions around the nature of guilt, culpability and coercive control, all wrapped up in a wonderfully addictive story. It should come with a warning, since believe me, once you start, you'll resent everyone and anything that drags you away from reading it - Perspective Magazine

Sun Damage is gloriously teasing, and is just about the most exciting and obsessively readable book to have passed through my fingers for eons . . . an absolute roller coaster of a book, where every page holds a shock, a surprise or a horror - On Magazine

One of our best thriller writers returns with a multi-layered novel that keeps readers on the back foot throughout - Good Housekeeping

Dream-holiday-nightmare . . . will make queuing at the airport feel much quicker - Sunday Times Crime Club

Tangled'n'twisty - Peterborough Telegraph

Written with Durrant's usual acuity, Sun Damage is an attractive two-for-one deal: smart observation of family life and Brits abroad in the middle, bookended by a Highsmithian thriller - The Sunday Times

An exploration of vulnerability, trickery and cruel dishonesty - Literary Review

The premise is so interested and the characters so divisive that you'll want to keep reading - Belfast Telegraph

A sizzling thriller - Bella

Escapist thriller - HELLO Magazine

Essential holiday reading material - Closer

Claustrophobic and suspenseful, with an engaging narrator and a satisfying twist: perfect poolside reading - The Guardian

A brilliant read with twists and turns up to the last page - Yours

A merciless portrayal of privileged English abroad leavens a tense and fiendish thriller. Yikes! - Saga, Book of the Month

Ideal for a sun lounger at home or abroad - The Times, Audiobook of the Week

Durrant is relentless with the suspense . . . superbly controlled, a novel that's obsidian dark under the blazing French sun - Sunday Independent

Durrant confirms her status as one of Britain's best thriller writers - Reader’s Digest

Sabine Durrant is one of the greatest thriller writers of our generation and this is her at her scorching, gripping, unputdownable best. Sun Damage is brilliantly plotted, but it is Durrant's graceful yet probing descriptions of place and class, her insight into families and couples and what lies beneath, and her painting of settings so exquisite that you feel you're really there that make this book so incredibly satisfying and enjoyable. 5*! - Lisa Jewell