The Last Time I Saw Her Alive
An atmospheric summer suspense novel set in the heart of the Cotswolds

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Beautifully written and dripping in atmosphere, The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is an evocative and compelling suspense novel. The perfect summer read

Taut, twisting, and gorgeously dark, this is Kate Riordan at her finest

The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is haunting, atmospheric, and beautifully detailed. A growing unease pervades, taut and menacing, as the idyll slowly folds beneath the weight of its dark secrets

Both a twisty thriller teeming with family secrets and a gorgeously written exploration of childhood ghosts, truths that won’t stay hidden and the many shapes haunting can take, The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is Kate Riordan at her finest. With all the haunting beauty of Midsommar and the intoxicating mystery of The God of the Woods, this story will creep under your skin and into your heart, right to the breathtaking conclusion. Wonderful

Simmering with atmosphere and tension

Utterly beguiling, Kate Riordan's murder mystery has all the elements I love in a novel: a shadowy setting, long-buried secrets and a wonderfully dark thread of suspense that pulls you through the pages to the heart-stopping conclusion. This is the book I shall be recommending all summer long

A brilliantly atmospheric and compelling Cotswolds-set mystery. I became quickly entangled in Tanglewood’s secrets and remained engrossed until the final page. Kate Riordan is so darn good

The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is, simply, sensational; both fiendishly compelling and jaw-droppingly beautiful. Kate Riordan has a unique and wonderful talent for complex characters, almost unbearable suspense and wildly evocative, haunting settings. I was blown away by this novel

A gripping and unsettling read that transported me to Tanglewood in the heart of the Cotswolds countryside. Riordan writes beautifully about the allure of fame and abuse by powerful men - this mystery pulls you in from the first page and doesn't let go until the very last line

Kate Riordan is an absolute master of the slow burn thriller, and this is her best yet. In The Last Time I Saw Her Alive, tension, buried menace and lurking danger meet with vivid characterisations, settings and a twisty plot that keeps you guessing. It’s impossible to put down