Another fantastic book from Katerina Diamond. When Felicity hears that a girl has gone missing in her childhood hometown, she immediately heads back as she feels it is linked to what happened when she was a teenager, before she fled. The story changes between the present and the past where we start to find out what exactly happened all those years ago. Is what is happening now connected to what happened back then? What we find out is tense, gripping, shocking, and full of fantastic twists and turns! I actually felt a tingle in my spine as the ending was revealed as it was just so clever and shocking. Absolutely loved this book and can't recommend it enough.

It’s been sixteen years since Felicity was home, She left after a local girl disappeared, but now she’s back and another girl has gone missing. Felicity has no choice but to face what really happened almost 20 years ago. This is an intense psychological thriller with the heat of summer ratcheting up the tension

Another fantastic story from Katerina Diamond. I love her writing. Intelligent and always incredible. A brilliant whodunnit story with an incredible twist x

a great read by katerina diamond as always .very good storyline lots of twists and turns .one for the sunlounger i think.

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Katerina knows how to engage the reader in the book. A good read.
Jasmine and Felicity are two best friends, although they both have different lives and goals, one thing is common between them and that's Tim, a boy who arrived at Jasmine's house to help them in everything. But Tim is not what he's saying he's and Jasmine's parents are hiding a secret from Jasmine.
Told from two POV's of present and past. I can't reveal who's narrating the present because its the twist but Jasmine is narrating the past.
Katerina's writing is good. Although the final ending didn't surprise me but still its a good read.
Thanks to NetGalley and Avon for giving me an advance copy of this thriller.

Felicity and Jasmine are teen friends wading through life, boys and alcohol. Their lives are very different but best friends there for each other. Years later a teenage girl has gone missing and Felicity is the only one who can save her so she returns to her seaside home so she can lay the ghosts of her past to rest.
This was the first book I have read by Katerina and it won’t be my last. She builds a tense story which leads to a very exciting end.
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Felicity is shocked when she sees a report on television that a young girl has gone missing from the town where she grew up. She had run away from home sixteen years ago while a search was ongoing for another missing girl.
Felicity feels the need to go home to help look for the missing teenager and find out exactly what happed to the other girl all those years ago.
A thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat with lots of twists and turns.
Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

The book starts in a very unsettling way with the kidnap in Sidmouth, Devon of Mandy Green and then switches location to the Lake District where Felicity Musgrave lives with her husband Chris and two children. Felicity knots with tension on hearing about Mandy but why? Even more puzzling is that she leaves the family home to rush down to Sidmouth where it transpires she grew up. She tells Chris that the Mandy case is almost identical to another missing girl case in the Devon town when she was 16. It soon becomes apparent that Felicity has been running from many demons, that there are lies in her background which is intriguing as it seems she’s on a collision course with events in her past. The story is told in the present by Felicity and in the past by Jasmine Burgess who was Felicity’s best friend. Jasmine’s parents are Frank and Lisa who seem very kind as they spend their summer holidays in various world locations doing charity work. Their kindness is also demonstrated by their offer of the family guest house to Tim who needs their help. Tim makes Jasmine feel very uneasy, uncomfortable, if not fearful. Why does he unsettle her so much? These two storylines from the past and present connect very dramatically.

The story is easy to read, you feel Felicity’s tension but it’s hard for a long time to understand why she feels she’s the one that can solve the missing girl cases. Jasmine’s feelings about Tim come across well although as the book progresses I think this point becomes a bit laboured. The links between the characters unravel well as do the revealing of secrets and you come to appreciate the guilt and baggage being carried. As Jasmine grows up a number of menacing, sinister and creepy events occur around her and this comes across well and I found myself immersed in her story. There are plenty of twists, turns and revelations as well as the odd jawdropper surprise that I did not see coming! However, this is a trademark of the author.

Although I really did enjoy the book there is some dialogue which doesn’t feel very realistic p, for example between Jasmine and her father. The plot is far fetched which is fine, it’s fiction after all but there are some ‘disappearances’ that are not mentioned or accounted for in the timeframe in which they occur which seems odd! That aside, it’s a good read and one which the many fans of Katerina Diamond will lap up.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for the Arc.

I opened this book this afternoon and was hooked straight away, I didn’t put it down again until I finished it! Brilliant story, kept me guessing until its shocking ending; that I definitely had not seen coming at all. Definitely worth reading!,

Excellent book. Katerina Diamond does it again. This is an intense psychological thriller....a must read!
Thank you Netgalley, publisher, and author for the opportunity to read this advanced reading copy.

This was an incredible thriller that drew me in and never let go. I felt emotionally invested in the characters’ lives and couldn’t stop reading.

Thank you to Netgalley for this preview. I really enjoyed the pace of this book & the way in which it flipped from the present time to when the main character was a teenager. It was a great read & very well written

Felicity hears on the news that a young girl has gone missing in her hometown and she knows she has to go back. Her husband Chris does not really understand but he agrees. She heads back, stays in a local hotel and starts to ask questions. What does she know? Why is this her first time back? She moves back through her own past and retraces the footsteps of herself and her friend Jasmines summer when another girl Hannah disappeared during a heatwave.
I really enjoyed this book. It jumps between the present and the past, the summer of the heatwave. There are a number of characters in the past that don't seem to be in her life now. What happened then? Why is Felicity so wrapped up in the girls disappearance now? All these questions are eventually answered and I loved the journey to the conclusion.
Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for my ARC in exchange for an honest review

The Heatwave is a novel about teenage passion and friendship, whose effects last a lifetime. When a girl goes missing in Felicity’s hometown, she returns for the first time in 15 years, certain she holds the key to finding the girl alive. To do so Felicity must revisit her most painful memories and unearth truths that have lain hidden since she left.
A fast paced, intense book. Definitely recommend.

I would like to thank the author, the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an ARC of this book. This is a stand alone title from Katerina Diamond, having read her Miles and Grey series of books I wasn't sure what this one would be like, but it was brilliant, very cleverly written to keep you guessing and lots of twists along the way. Another definite best seller.

I’m a huge fan of the Miles and Grey series that Katerina Diamond writes so I was worried that I would struggle with a stand-alone that didn’t include some of my favourite characters.
I couldn’t have been more wrong! Fast paced and keeps you guessing all the way through. Although I managed to guess one of the twists, there were still others that snuck up on me!

Katerina did it again with this stand alone. It was slow to start from what I’m used to from her but the suspense was there. The twist and turns were there. The plot twist was everything. I thought I knew who kidnapped Hannah and then Mandy but every time I did then boom another twist. This was definitely a well written book that I would recommend. I did not see that plot twist coming at all.

This is the new standalone novel from Katerina Diamond, more commonly known for her Grey and Miles series which I love. The Heatwave takes place in two different timelines, Felicity as a grown mother of two and Felicity and Jasmine as 16 year old best friends. Jasmine narrates the "then" section of the story from her point of view. Felicity narrates the "now" section. Jasmine's charitable parent's invite the mysterious Tim to be their new lodger cum handyman. Her parent's are clearly taken with Tim but he makes Jasmine uncomfortable and suspicious. In the present storyline, Felicity has seen a news broadcast that a teenage girl has gone missing from her old home town. For reasons that aren't made clear to the reader, Felicity feels that only she can find her. She tells her confused husband and kids that she's going on a short break and will be back in a few days. She arrives to her home town and starts her own investigation. I found this an easy read but I didn't love this book. It was farfetched in the extreme in parts. I also figured out the big twist about halfway through. Thank you to Netgalley for my advance copy.

Oh wow! I had no idea I was going to love this book as much as I have!! It’s been impossible to put down! Filled with so many twists and turns, it’s definitely a book that keeps you guessing.
I have really enjoyed this one, even been thinking about it whilst not reading. Definitely one I’d recommend! I can’t wait to read more by this author ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I have been reading a series by Kat Diamond over the last couple years and have absolutely loved it, so when I saw she had a new book due out later this year and was a lucky enough to receive a copy early I was excited but still unsure as it was a departure from the characters I have to grown to love in her other books.

Have no fear all of you Diamond fans because when the first big plot twist hits it is like a tornado that grabs you and won’t let go until the very last word of the book! It is one of the best crime thrillers I have read and I have read a ton of them and Diamonds creativity is brilliant!

Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for a honest review.

Katerina Diamond is quite simply one of my favourite authors and I was very excited to see that she had a new book coming out soon and I was thrilled to be approved for it.

This book was really different to her others but just as enjoyable. The book kept me guessing throughout and I was never sure of where the story was going. When everything was revealed, my mind was blown!

This is a fantastic book. I highly recommend this book as well as her other books.

I was excited to read this book and Katerina Diamond is one of my favourite authors and this new book certainly did not disappoint.
I was drawn in by the characters and plot, and raced through the pages desperate to find out the ending.
There were lots of twists and turns, especially at the end to keep me guessing. I would recommend this book.

Katerina Diamond is one of my favourite authors at the moment. This novel is a stand alone and is very different to her Imogen Grey series - however this one didn't disappoint in any way.
This book flits from past to present and is easy to follow.
When a person goes missing Felicity is made to face her past - going back to where she grew up she must find the answers to questions she still has - can she move forward without them.
We meet Felicitys school friend Jasmine and her parents and also the mysterious Tim who is there lodger. Jasmine is more reserved whilst Flick is out there and wanting attention from boys. We learn about their school days, growing up in 2 different families - neither are perfect - but what really happened all those years ago - how is the missing girl linked to all this!
I read this novel in 2 nights - addictive reading

The story is told in past and present bringing it to a conclusion that I definitely didn't see coming!!,
Felicity lives in the Lake District but when she hears about a missing girl in Sidmouth where she grew up she leaves immediately to go back there, it appears she has her suspicions and then the past unfolds through the eyes of Jasmine. A missing girl, a strange lodger who she is suspicious of, her best friend Felicity is the only person she trusts. I spent the whole book wondering what happened to Jasmine was very shocked when realised what had happened.
Will Felicity find the truth before it's too late for the missing girl and can she lay her demons to rest

The story is told of Felicity now and Jasmine then 16 years ago. Jasmine and Felicity were best friends at 16 years old. Felicity's Mum is an alcoholic and as such she would prefer to spend all her time at Jasmine's house.
Jasmine's parents usually go away every Summer helping out charities in third world countries, but this year they're not going so Jasmine gets to stay home and enjoy Summer by the beach with Felicity. Jasmine's parent's have a lodger staying in the garden house called Tim. Jasmine is drawn to him but she's unsure why and not sure whether she should be scared of time or to trust time.
In the present day Felicity is drawn back to the town she ran away from 16 years ago after that fateful Summer. Another young girl has gone missing and Felicity thinks she is the only person who will be able to find out what's happened even though she now lives miles away. As she goes back to her helm town, secrets are revealed slowly.
I really enjoyed the twist that arrived at the end of the book, and the easy read made this a good choice.

Two bad things happened that summer; a stranger arrived and the first girl disappeared. In the wake of the crime that rocked her community, Felicity fled, knowing more than she let on. But sixteen years later, her new life is shattered by the news that a second girl has gone missing in her hometown. Now Felicity must go back, to face the truth about what happened all those years ago. Only she holds the answers – and they’re more shocking than anyone could imagine.

I am a big fan of Diamond's books and was looking forward to reading this however if I am honest, I was a little disappointed. We follow Felicity as she leaves her family in the Lake District and travels south to where she grew up. Her reason for travelling is another missing girl. I did think the book gets off to a bad start as Felicity is not fleshed out and we just follow this mysterious character as she leaves her family behind. I think a little more background was needed.

Then we begin the investigation as Felicity tries to find out the truth about the present day and what happened all those years ago. This is told in the present day and flashback chapters from the perspective of Jasmine. The whole way through Diamond builds a very good atmosphere and I knew something was going to happen and dark secrets would be revealed. However, this was missing some of Diamond's usual magic, there was just an element missing that meant it was not as thrilling as it could have been. This does have some very shocking twists and I truly did not see the ending unfolding the way it does which made for an enthralling ending. However, this read did feel too short to me and I think part of the problem was events were raced through and there was no time to build tension.

Personally I did not think Felicity was ever developed properly and I never quite got to know her enough. The other characters are just there and not really people who are given proper time to. Jasmine was the character I felt most connected to and the one I was rooting for the whole way through which in a way is strange, as you will find out from reading this.

'The Heatwave' is an intense read with a shocking twist. However it suffers from a lack of development and being too rushed.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for an advance copy.

What a book! This was SO enjoyable, I raced through it! I'm a fan of Katerina Diamond and an a fan of the DI Imogen Grey series so was looking forward to this anyway but it did not disappoint!

It kept me guessing until the reveal - which doesn't often happen!

Couldn't recommend this more.

Wow, wow, wow. As always Katerina Diamond has not disappointed! This book had me gripped right from the beginning. I must admit I do love a book that jumps back and forth from past to present. I find it keep me interested. Fantastic twist at the end that I did not see coming. Would 100% recommend 😁

4.5 stars
Since I read my first book by the author last fall, I’m now addicted to anything that she’s writing.
Who wouldn’t want to know anything about a missing person if they appear on the news? Was she found? Is she dead? Was the killer caught? All these questions and so little answers so many times.
I enjoyed this book in one sitting because I got caught up in the story so much that I couldn’t stop until the last page. And what a whirlwind ending!
I had so many theories in my head along with the chapters but none as even close to the truth and that’s the best thing that I’m looking forward in my mystery/crime /thrillers.
Another gripping edge of your seat story from a favourite author

Katerina Diamond is a brilliant author! I was drawn in by the enticing premise, and I wasn’t disappointed. I found the beginning a bit difficult to get in to, but it soon picked up. Will look for others by Ms Diamond!

Well I started this Wednesday and im not a fast reader but this book, wow! i loved every second, you kept me guessing and lots of twists and turns. i love your Miles and grey books and now I love this one. i can see i am very much on your wave length as i slip into your books like a comfy pair of slippers after a day on your feet. Top marks and I cant wait for more books from you well done katerina xxx

This is the first book I have read by this author and it certainly won’t be the last.

What a story! So many twists and turns and an excellent ending that I didn’t see coming. I look forward to the next one.

It would be hard to imagine the devastation a Tsunami would reek upon a sleepy Devon coastal town. That exotic monster more at home in the Pacific Ring of Fire, that superimposes itself on the twice daily ebb and flow of the sea. Lulling us until the very sea pulls back like the pulling of a rug ‘neath our feet, destabilising whilst we gaze in awe and dread at that wall of water set to engulf us. So it was with The Heatwave by Katerina Diamond the majority of which was like the summer susurration of a pebble beach until the sea pulled back. As unlikely as a Tsunami might be on a Devon coast, so was the climax, the glue which gave the novel a purpose and in a way the solvent which lost it credibility. You must forgive my extensive use of metaphor because it would take but a sentence to spoil the plot.
If you like a novel which all hangs on the last couple of chapters, then this one is for you.

Y’all... I loved this book! At first I was’t too sure but then once some suspense was thrown in there, it immediately captured my attention. I recommend it!

I love Katerina’s books, they always hook me in so I want to devour it in one sitting and The Heatwave was no exception. Flick lives up in the Lake District, and while watching the news one day, sees a report of a missing girl in Sidmouth, Devon - her hometown. It brings back memories of the summer she was 16, and memories that she’d rather forget. The disappearance of the girl is too similar to the disappearance of the girl back then. She knows what happened then but thought that she’d put a stop to it, so who has taken the girl now?
Flick travels down to Sidmouth to find the girl and put a stop to the demons that plague her from her past.
The story progresses using flashbacks between now and then, it’s pacey, and draws you in encouraging you to keep reading. 5 stars from me.

This is a stand-alone from Katerina Diamond and I was gripped. The book is written in two time frames. Felicity is happily married and living in the Lake District when she sees a news report about a missing teenage girl in her home town in Devon. Flick decides it’s time to face her past and the memories of her last summer, sixteen years ago, with her best friend Jasmine. The chapters alternate between current day, where Flick is trying to do her own investigation, and her last summer when another teenage girl went missing.
I loved how this unfolded and it kept me guessing right until the last page. A fabulous standalone.
Thanks to Avon Books UK and a NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you, NetGalley for an ARC of ‘The Heatwave’ by Katerina Diamond.

After hearing about the abduction of a girl on the news, Felicity Musgraves is forced to confront her past and return to the hometown she left 16 years ago, as she believes she is the only one who can find the missing girl. Told from the perspective of Felicity (present) and Jasmine (16 years ago) 'The Heatwave' is full of secrets, lies, and a menacing undertone which will have you guessing from one plot twist to the next (none of which I saw coming!)

This is my first Katerina Diamond book and it won’t be my last.

Present day, and Felicity discovers that a girl, Mandy Green, has gone missing in Sidmouth, Devon. She is immediately reminded of 16 years ago when a girl disappeared in Sidmouth, in the same situation. Feeling that only she can help, she persuades Chris, her husband that she must go and she leaves him and the children to return to her old hometown.

Sidmouth – 16 years ago. Jasmine and Felicity are friends – more by default as they exist on the fringes of the ‘in-crowd’. Felicity’s mother is an alcoholic so she spends a lot of time at Jasmine’s home. Unusually this summer they are not going abroad to work on charity projects, so Jasmine will experience the full ‘Summer, seaside experience’; and this year it is a heatwave. Jasmine’s parents have enlisted the help of Tim, as an odd-job man in return for free lodging in their summer-house.

Sidmouth present day. Whilst Felicity seeks out information on the current missing girl she dwells on events of 16 years earlier and the different relationships. She is reminded of her ambivalent relationship with Tim; her jealousy of Jasmine’s blatant sexuality and her confusion about her place in life and relationships with others. She feels compelled to solve the mystery of Mandy Green and the other ‘disappeared’ girl from all those years ago. She is also drinking – a lot.

This is really, really well-written. I read it with a sense of foreboding and hesitant fear. What was Felicity doing – stop drinking – phone your husband – what are you risking here? Did I get answers? All of this plus the heaviness off that heatwave, leaving a sense of suffocation. The perfect location – marred by the abduction of teenage girls. What was Tim doing – was he playing with Felicity or did he have another agenda?

An absolutely brilliant book, well-structured with a carefully revealed twist in the tail. Thank you Ms Diamond.

Thank you to the author, publishers and NetGalley for providing an ARC via my Kindle in return for an honest review.

When a teenager goes missing in her home town, Felicity returns to the place and life she left, for the girl’s sake. Another excellent thriller with so many twists delivered in the author’s style. Highly recommended.

I have read every book by this author and I love her. This is why I was so excited to receive this ARC from Netgalley.
This is a standalone novel about family secrets and explosive plot twists. It did not disappoint. Thank you.

First book I have read by Katerina Diamond and it will definetly not be my last. I throughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. Great twists and turns, the story was well thought out and kept you guessing and wanting more. Will be picking up her previous books and getting stuck in. Excellent read that is highly recommended. Wish I could give it more stars!

I have read Katerina Diamond before and the Imogen Grey series and thoroughly enjoyed it so was delighted to receive this ARC. This is a stand-alone novel by this author and it lived up to all my expectations.

On seeing the news about a missing girl, Mandy Green, in Devon, Felicity Musgrave decides that she is the only person who can find the missing girl and much to her husband, Christopher’s, dismay she sets off. It has reminded her of her childhood and a similar event.

Told in two times: the present as Felicity explores her old haunts trying to find out what has happened to Mandy and sixteen years ago when the first disappearance occurred.

This is cleverly plotted and full of twists and turns and characters well-rounded and mostly likeable.

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon Books UK and Katerina Diamond for my ARC in return for my honest review.

Great read, highly recommended.

This is a stand alone story from the author of the Adrian Miles and Imogen Grey series, which I really loved, so I was keen to read this one. It didn't disappoint. Felicity left her home town in Devon after the disappearance of girl in her year at school. It is clear from the start that she knows more than she has ever told. When another girl goes missing years later, she decides she has to go back and confront her past. This is a story told in 2 different time frames, and is full of twists and turns. Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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I read this along with a friend and we had great fun chatting about the story and guessing what would happen next. Safe to say, we were wrong about pretty much everything!

The story alternates between the past and present which I really enjoy in a book. It is interesting to see both stories slowly unfold and gradually come together for the big finale. One of the things I loved about this book is that there are huge twists in both that you just don't see coming.

I'm sure my neighbours heard my jaw hitting the floor numerous times! This is such a gripping and shocking thriller, with plenty of twists to leave you doubting yourself until the very end.

I love a good Katerina Diamond book and The Heatwave definitely lived up to the mark. A stranger, a killer, secrets and lies and some great twists and turns along the way. This book certainly has it all and will entertain from beginning to end. I would rate this book 4.5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley, Avon Books UK and the author for the chance to review.

It’s getting warm...

Wow! The Heatwave blew me away! Gripped from the first chapter I just couldn’t put this book down!
The vibe of this book was really menacing but it worked perfectly. Loved it!

This book definitely had me hooked from the start. I like the way it goes back and forward and was eager to find out what happens. Definitely a few twists and turns along the way.

Tense and gripping, I loved the dual narrative of this book. It was very atmospheric, quite a slow build, but then worked up to a brilliant conclusion where everything slotted devastatingly into place.

Four stars

It's hard to connect with the main character because the people close to her seem not to like her very much, it's clear she's harboring secrets, she drinks a ton and thus isn't even a reliable witness when it comes to her own lived experiences, and she seems generally...shady. Despite these factors, there is an insidious thread of questions that I really want answers to here. I wouldn't say that this novel exists in "I could NOT put this down" territory, but I did remain engaged, interested, invested, and pretty surprised (never a guarantee in works of this genre).

Structurally, this novel really works. We start in the very recent past, and then alternate between the distant past and the present. The distant past comes through a third-person narrator, and the present comes through the main character's perspective, which is a nice added touch. For me the balance and timing related to this set up really worked.

I finished this novel not just with the sense that the author created a series of pretty solid twists, but also with a lot of questions about how I'd approach some of these situations. This is entertaining, but it's also thought-provoking, and I'm looking forward to reading more from this author.

I’ve read a couple of Katerina Diamond’s books before and really enjoyed them, even though they can be pretty dark (if you’ve read The Woman in the Water then you’ll probably know what I’m talking about 😅), so I was excited to find out she had written a stand alone book that wasn’t part of her detective series. And I wasn’t disappointed! This book is fab - flitting between the past and the present as a missing girl case draws parallels to something that happened in a coastal town when the main character was a teenager, t The main character seems very dubious and unreliable at first, not giving much away apart from a sense of mystery, but as the book goes on, the pieces start to fall into place and all becomes clear. This book provides twists, turns, red herrings and keeps you guessing right up until the very end - a great summer read.