Kate Riordan
Sunday Times bestselling author of contemporary thrillers published by Penguin, including The Heatwave, an Apple Fiction Chart No.1. fiction bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick.
Kate Riordan is the bestselling author of seven novels, including The Heatwave, a Richard and Judy Book Club thriller pick. A tense psychological thriller set in Provence, it went to No.1 in the Apple fiction chart. Published in 2022, Summer Fever has been praised as a ‘sexy, sultry immersive read.’
Kate's historical novel The Girl in the Photograph, a Sunday Times bestseller, is a haunting dual timeline novel about two women entwined by fate, published by Penguin in 2015 and described in the Sunday Times as ‘rich and atmospheric’ and a must-read for fans of Du Maurier’s Rebecca. It was Penguin’s bestselling ebook that summer.
Kate’s other historical novels—The Shadow Hour and The Stranger, a Red magazine Top Ten choice of that year—are also published by Penguin. Together they have sold in excess of 150,000 copies. Kate wrote the novelization of Sanditon, ITV’s historical drama series based on Jane Austen’s unfinished manuscript.
She also writes thrillers as Katherine Fleet; her latest, The Liars, has garnered praise from Sarah Pearse, Daisy Buchanan and Lucy Clarke.
Kate has worked as a journalist for the Guardian and as deputy editor for the lifestyle section of Time Out. She has written for Red, Stella, British Airways’s High Life, the Guardian, Grazia, Living etc., and the Sunday Times. She has an MA in English from Exeter University.
Kate lives in the Cotswolds with two rescue dogs and is at work on her new novel. If you’re writing mystery, suspense or historical fiction you’ll find Kate a supportive and inspiring writing coach.
Kate’s Genres
- Contemporary and Women’s Fiction
- Book Club Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Mystery
Please note: all genuine emails from Kate Riordan will come from @thenovelry.com.
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The Last Time I Saw Her Alive
It’s been years since Rain last went home.
To many, growing up onthe Tanglewood estate, nestled in a beautiful corner of the Cotswolds countryside, seemed like a dream.But for Rain, memories of her childhood there are forever tainted by what she saw that summer. The wild party. The body…Now estranged from her mother, and all ties to Tanglewood, Rain thought she’d moved on.
Yet when another dead body is found in the Tanglewood grounds, she knows she must face up to her past.
Rain has long held suspicions that what happened that summer wasn’t an accident. It was murder.
And now's her chance to prove it.
The Heatwave
Elodie was beautiful. Elodie was smart. Elodie was troubled.
Elodie is dead.
Sylvie hasn’t been back to her crumbling French family home in years. Not since the death of her eldest daughter Elodie. Every corner of the old house feels haunted by memories of her—memories she has tried to forget. But as temperatures rise, and forest fires rage through the French countryside, a long-buried family secret is about to come to light. Because there’s something Sylvie’s been hiding about what really happened to Elodie that summer. And it could change everything.
The must-read Richard and Judy Book Club thriller pick.
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The Liars
I thought I saw her today. Down by the water. It was her hair I noticed. Do you ever see her, Lex? Does she haunt you too?
I haven’t been back to Eos since I first met my stepsister, Lex. It’s been 25 years since that summer.
Since we went from strangers to sisters. Since Abigail went missing. Since we told the first lie.
Now we’re back together on the island. So much has changed since we were teenagers. We’ve both tried to move on from the past—from each other.
But the island won’t let us escape our secrets. Only me and Lex know the truth about Abigail.
We’ve been living a lie for so long. And if the truth comes out—neither of us will survive it...
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