Summer Fever

Critics Review

• A sexy summer read with a twist. If you’re looking for a summer read to devour by the pool or on the beach, look no further

  Evening Standard

• Tense and atmospheric. A dark, sultry, summer read

  Jane Fallon

• Sultry, sexy, and suspenseful – Summer Fever is scorched with tension. Psychologically complex characters and a beautifully evoked Italian setting make this an utterly page-turning summer read

  Lucy Clarke

• A compelling and unsettling read with summer written all over it

  Woman & Home

• Sexy and atmospheric – incredibly smart escapism. I was gripped throughout and so surprised and delighted by the ending

  Daisy Buchanan

• A sexy, sultry, immersive read

  Harriet Tyce

• Steamy, febrile, hypnotic. Kate Riordan is the Queen of the sexy summer psychological drama

  Tammy Cohen

• The characters leapt from the page, and yet they have such nuance and depth, Kate really knows how to get under their skin; and the villa and setting, that brooding Italian charm with and edge of menace. Laura, Nick, Bastian and Madison will stay with me, their relationships authentically complicated and compelling

  Amanda Reynolds

• Another scorcher from brilliant writer Kate Riordan. Written in an urgent, breathless style with a fascinating structure, Italy is evoked in all its sultry beauty, while drama throbs and secrets surface. A quintessential summer read

  Becca Mascull

• If you enjoyed Kate Riordan’s South of France set novel The Heatwave, then you’re guaranteed to love Summer Fever , which transports readers to a crumbling villa in the Italian countryside . . . Full of forbidden desire and dark secrets, this sultry psychological thriller pulses with suspense and simmering tension

  Culturefly

• A creeping, dreamlike drama unravelling in the perfect setting, Summer Fever reminds me why Kate Riordan is one of my favourite suspense writers

  Anna Bailey

• Intimate, intense and utterly addictive, Summer Fever is a rare treat of a novel, combining elegant writing with astute psychology and a thrilling plot. Riordan excels in drawing us close and keeping us there, witness to her characters’ simmering desires and hidden betrayals, as secrets from the past begin to creep through the walls of Villa Luna Rossa. I enjoyed every minute of this beautiful story. Days after finishing it, I’m still shaking off the spell.

  Emma Stonex

• An emotionally rich and keenly observed novel, full of astute observations on desire and disappointment. Summer Fever is utterly compelling and transporting, with a delicious sense of ever-building unease. I loved it

  Emylia Hall

• Sultry, seductive and unsettlingly honest, Summer Fever explores the lies that we tell ourselves, the truths that desire blinds us to, and the bonds of friendship that can reveal them all

  Claire McGlasson

• This is the perfect summer read. The tension sizzles off the pages, and the sense of foreboding and danger never lets up. I devoured this feverishly, well into the early hours, wishing I was basking in the Mediterranean sun. Sexy, moreish… dazzlingly good

  Jack Jordan

• Beautifully written, totally immersive, the believable characters and stunning but menacing setting will keep you reading way after lights out

  Katie Fforde

• A scorching portrait of obsessive lust and a marriage in danger, in a setting that is both beautiful and hostile. I love Kate Riordan’s sharp insight into the nuances of the relationships between the four protagonists, as their moods shift and the tension rises. She creates such a detailed, immersive world, you can feel the simmering heat and repressed passion in your bones. Summer Fever is a totally addictive, moreish summer treat, like a long, cool Aperol Spritz on a sweltering day

  Gill Paul

• Summer Fever steams with longing and menace, and takes us on one woman’s dangerous, suspense-filled journey towards self-discovery. Kate Riordan’s magnificent prose dazzles with astute observations on the psychology of female desire, even as we hold our breath

  Jane Bailey

• You can practically feel the heat coming off the pages; the simmering tension in this novel is almost unbearable yet absolutely delicious. I loved it

  Jackie Kabler

• Praise for Kate Riordan

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• A sultry, gorgeously written and hugely atmospheric thriller with a dark, compelling mystery at its heart

  Lucy Foley

• Sultry, atmospheric and unsettling – a book to lose yourself in this summer

  Erin Kelly

• A tense psychological drama…terrific summer escapism

  Daily Mail

• Evocative, compelling, intoxicating. I loved it

  Tammy Cohen

• This red-hot book will have you gripped

  Sun