The Heatwave by Kate Riordan Paperback Book 9781405922623

Elodie was beautiful Elodie was smart Elodie was manipulative Elodie is deadWhen Sylvie receives a letter calling her back to her crumbling family home in Provence she knows she has to go In the middle of a sweltering summer marked by unusual fires across the countryside she returns to La Reverie with her youngest daughter Emma in towIn every corner of the house Sylvie cant escape the spectre of Elodie her first child Elodie with the golden hair Elodie who knew exactly how to get what she wanted Elodie whose death the villagers still whisper aboutAs the fires creep even closer towards the villa its clear to Sylvie that something isnt right at La Reverie Because theres something that Sylvie hasnt admitted about what happened to Elodie ten summers ago