The Last Time I Saw Her Alive

Beautifully written and dripping in atmosphere, The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is an evocative and compelling suspense novel. The perfect summer read – Lucy Clarke
Taut, twisting, and gorgeously dark, this is Kate Riordan at her finest – Anna Bailey
The Last Time I Saw Her Alive is haunting, atmospheric, and beautifully detailed. A growing unease pervades, taut and menacing, as the idyll slowly folds beneath the weight of its dark secrets – Mary Watson
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
Utterly beguiling, Kate Riordan’s murder mystery has all the elements I love in a novel: a shadowy setting, long-buried secrets and a wonderfully dark thread of suspense that pulls you through the pages to the heart-stopping conclusion. This is the book I shall be recommending all summer long – Hannah Richell
A brilliantly atmospheric and compelling Cotswolds-set mystery. I became quickly entangled in Tanglewood’s secrets and remained engrossed until the final page. Kate Riordan is so darn good – Anna Mazzola
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
A gripping and unsettling read that transported me to Tanglewood in the heart of the Cotswolds countryside. Riordan writes beautifully about the allure of fame and abuse by powerful men - this mystery pulls you in from the first page and doesn’t let go until the very last line – Nikki Smith
Kate Riordan is an absolute master of the slow burn thriller, and this is her best yet. In The Last Time I Saw Her Alive, tension, buried menace and lurking danger meet with vivid characterisations, settings and a twisty plot that keeps you guessing. It’s impossible to put down – Kate Webb
A fantastic voice and setting which reeled me in from the first page and kept me on a hook ‘til the last. Creepy and atmospheric. A great read – Mandy Robotham

Kate Riordan is a writer and author coach for The Novelry. She is the bestselling author of seven novels, including The Heatwave, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, and Sunday Times bestseller The Girl in the Photograph. Her other novels include Summer Fever, The Shadow Hour, The Red Letter, and The Stranger. Most recently, she published The Liars under the pseudonym Katherine Fleet.

As a journalist, Kate wrote for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Red, Stella, and Grazia.

Kate lives in a very old cottage in a Cotswolds valley where she writes her novels between waiting on two rescue dogs.

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