The Last Time I Saw Her Alive

Kate Riordan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Publishing:25th Mar '27

£9.99

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‘Sinister and sun-soaked. This is a perfectly crafted mystery that I flew through in days’ Caz Frear

'Delicious drip feed suspense, and a well imagined sultry setting. Engaging and compelling, atmospheric and stylish' 5***** reader review

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.

Why readers LOVE Kate Riordan

'A fabulously written, gripping story' 5***** reader review
'The author creates an incredible sense of place...an excellent read that will stay with me for a while' 5***** reader review
'So emotional, and twists right until the end!' 5***** reader review
'The perfect vacation thriller' 5***** reader review

Praise for Kate Riordan


'Compelling and utterly transportive' Lucy Clarke

'Taut, tense, stylish and incredibly atmospheric, with a thrilling twist. The perfect book for summer!' Daisy Buchanan

‘Completely addictive and wonderfully compelling. A sun-dappled summer escape with a jagged dark heart. You won't be able to put it down’ B P Walter

Both a twisty thriller teeming with family secrets and a gorgeously written exploration of childhood ghosts, truths that won’t stay hidden and the many shapes haunting can take, The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is Kate Riordan at her finest. With all the haunting beauty of Midsommar and the intoxicating mystery of The God of the Woods, this story will creep under your skin and into your heart, right to the breathtaking conclusion. Wonderful -- Emma Stonex
The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is, simply, sensational; both fiendishly compelling and jaw-droppingly beautiful. Kate Riordan has a unique and wonderful talent for complex characters, almost unbearable suspense and wildly evocative, haunting settings. I was blown away by this novel -- Rosie Walsh
The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is more than a thriller. It is a world, a beautifully written mystery within a mystery, packed with vivid characters that feel like real people.Glued from first page till last, I read to figure out what happened, how, and to whom, my heart clenched all the while in the hope that Rain could answer the biggest question of all: that of her very identity -- S.E. Lynes
The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is an evocative, atmospheric, and deeply satisfying novel. I was thoroughly drawn in by Rain and her world, acutely feeling all the push and pull of her home, the beauty of the wild Cotswolds landscape, and the danger lurking beneath the surface. Stylish and heartfelt, I loved it! -- Emylia Hall
Atmospheric, compelling and thrumming with intrigue, I was captivated from the opening line of The Last Time I Saw Her Alive. With its lyrical prose and evocative country setting it’s a must for readers craving the next Broken Country -- Lisa Timoney
The Wicker Manmeets the Cotswolds Bohemian set in this deliciously twisty fable of fractured truth and false memory -- Sam Steele
Praise for Kate Riordan * : *
A gorgeously written and hugely atmospheric thriller with a dark, compelling mystery at its heart -- Lucy Foley
One of my favourite suspense writers -- Anna Bailey
I devoured it. Beautiful writing and characterisation and a gripping plot. Such an atmospheric read -- Sarah Pearse

ISBN: 9781405957854

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm

Weight: 500g

400 pages