Sabine Durrant and Claire Douglas are the queens of psychological suspense. Join Sabine and Claire as they discuss their latest novels which both feature journalists who have been laid off from their jobs, and the unsettling events that unravel as their lives take unexpected turns…
Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant’s new thriller Dead Heat is intense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping. The Family Friend by Claire Douglas is a dark and addictive new thriller about murder, memory and the secrets that won’t stay hidden.
Dead Heat is Sabine Durrant’s seventh work of dark psychological suspense. Its setting, part of the Greek Peloponnese, has obsessed her since she read Patrick Leigh Fermor’s travel book The Mani in her twenties. Her previous thrillers include Lie with Me which was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Sabine previously worked as a journalist for the Guardian, Sunday Times and Independent.
Claire Douglas worked as a journalist for fifteen years, writing features for women’s magazines and national newspapers, but had dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award with her first novel, The Sisters. She is a Sunday Times bestseller and a frequent Richard & Judy Book Club pick. Her books have sold over two million copies in the UK alone.
