Sun Damage, Sabine Durrant
Sun Damage, Sabine Durrant
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Sun Damage
A Novel

Author: Sabine Durrant

Narrator: Sofia Zervudachi

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2023

Synopsis

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.

About Sabine Durrant

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on June 07, 2022

4.5 rounded up Location:-Saint Cecile-sur-Mer, South of France. Sean and Ali have a new mark in their sights. She's Lulu Fletcher Davies who seems vacuous but Ali's feelings about what they are doing keeps keeps changing and she's not comfortable. Resentment is growing between the pair, Sean keeps pus......more

Goodreads review by Diana on August 21, 2022

4.25 Stars I think the blurb for SUN DAMAGE is purposely vague, so I’m not going to say much about the plot. It’s set in the south of France, my favorite new thriller setting. Two con artists are working the beach resorts there, until things get a bit out of hand. And then… Is summer gothic suspense a......more

Goodreads review by Gary on June 09, 2022

This is an excellent thriller by Sabine Durrant, author of ‘Lie with me’ and ‘Take me in’ which I also enjoyed. This is an excellent read and one of the high points of this years reading so far. Good characters, exciting plot and plenty of tension throughout. The novel is set in France and follows Al......more

Goodreads review by Blair on May 18, 2023

(2.5) Sun Damage has the ‘unlikeable people on a summer holiday’ vibe of Durrant’s hits Lie With Me and Take Me In, but it seems to be aiming for something bigger: its character study of an itinerant scammer put me in mind of Skin Deep, albeit without the depth, while the setting and mood make i......more

Goodreads review by Whispering on June 08, 2022

Sun Damage is quite a hard book to explain without giving away any spoilers. What I can say is that we meet a couple of con artists at the beginning who thrive on travelling the world, conning people out of money. When in France one of their cons goes wrong and one of them flees, taking on the ident......more

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