Title: The Summer Party
Author: Rebecca Heath
Published: January tenth 2023
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Pages: 384
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller
RRP: $32.99
Rating: 4 stars
An atmospheric psychological thriller a couple of glamorous household residing on the coast of southern Australia. 2023’s most addictive seaside learn.
An ideal household. A devastating secret.
Summer, 2000. In the tranquil city of Queen’s Point in southern Australia, the Whitlam household marks the top of each season with a lavish celebration of their clifftop mansion. Here, clutching her first glass of actual champagne, the summer time breeze intoxicating on her pores and skin, sixteen-year-old Lucy Ross is kissed for the very first time. And then, within the shadows of the rose backyard, she sees one thing she shouldn’t.
Winter, 2019. After 20 years of silence, Lucy is again in Queen’s Point. She hasn’t deliberate on staying lengthy. But when human stays wash up on the freezing seaside, the police shut the city. Unable to depart, Lucy is pressured to rekindle outdated friendships – and study outdated truths – she has way back tried to overlook.
As long-buried secrets and techniques begin to floor, Lucy should determine. Will she confront the previous and inform the reality? Or will she nonetheless do something to guard the folks she loves?
A glamorous, escapist psychological thriller set in Australia, good for followers of Liane Moriarty, A.A. Torre and Adele Parks.
Review:
Adelaide primarily based creator Rebecca Heath presents her debut grownup fiction novel, The Summer Party. A gripping double timeline and a number of perspective homicide thriller title, this was an important learn to kick off the brand new 12 months!
Travelling again in time to the 12 months 2000, we’re launched to the Whitlam household, who get pleasure from throwing lavish events. The house owners of a spectacular clifftop mansion, a summer time season wouldn’t be full with out the standard summer time celebration hosted by the Whitlam clan. For sixteen-year-old Lucy Ross, an invite to the annual Whitlam celebration is like gold. As Lucy experiences her first champagne and her first kiss, it can even be the primary time Lucy witnesses one thing sinister. Moving ahead twenty years later, Lucy returns to Queen’s Point. Lucy is eager to make her journey again residence a brief one, however the stunning discovery of a physique on the native seaside sends the group in a spin. The police shut down the native city and Lucy finds that she is now stranded within the place that she by no means wished to return to. In the wake of this shut down, Lucy reconnects with outdated buddies and she or he can be pressured to look deeper into the occasions of the fateful evening of the summer time celebration on the Whitlam residence. Will Lucy lastly uncover the reality?
A brand-new 12 months of books to get pleasure from and a recent voice in fiction to observe, yay! The Summer Party is South Australian creator Rebecca Heath’s gripping debut. It is good to satisfy a brand new face on the Australian up to date fiction scene. The Summer Party was an evocative and web page turning thriller novel that I discovered very entertaining.
Dual timeline novels that attract a number of views are undoubtedly my favorite model of fiction. The Summer Party gave the impression to be precisely just like the kind of learn I gravitate in the direction of and my prediction was proper, I loved this one immensely. Situated in the summertime of 2000 and the winter of 2019, the juxtaposing seasons of summer time and winter was unbelievable. I preferred the distinction between the sultry warmth of the previous to the chilly blustery winter of 2019. It actually appeared to compound the occasions of this story. The 2000 timeline gripped me probably the most. I used to be barely older than the primary protagonist on this timeframe, however I distinctly bear in mind the events I attended throughout this season. It was virtually a nostalgic step again into the previous for me as I adopted younger Lucy throughout her pivotal awakening and summer time romance. Heath does a wonderful job of putting us within the thick of the motion on this previous narrative. I felt as if I used to be positioned proper in Lucy’s footwear as she noticed the suspect occasions that occurred on the Whitlam residence.
In phrases of the thriller facet of issues, Heath does a very good job of releasing varied clues for her reader to know maintain of because the e-book makes its winding journey. The occasions within the current day heighten the strain and temper of this novel, so you’re feeling as if you’re clinging to the cliff face of the situation in query. Heath permits us to really feel a sure sense of satisfaction as if we now have predicted precisely how the homicide thriller occurred. Then growth, we’re taken in a distinct route. I loved feeling each intelligent but additionally fooled by Heath. There is a powerful line of unpredictability and unreliability on this one, I wasn’t positive the place to position my belief. I did discover a reference to Lucy and I additionally warmed to the memorable canine Hades on this story. For me, the setting was absolutely the standout. I adored the Whitlam residence and the coastal backdrop. Heath did this setting fully justice as a South Australian native.
An rising and thrilling new voice in Australian fiction, Rebecca Heath has produced a dynamite debut. I’m eager to be reacquainted with Heath’s work within the close to future!
The Summer Party by Rebecca Heath was printed on tenth January 2023 by Head of Zeus – GB. Details on how one can buy the e-book could be discovered right here.
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