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The Heatwave
- Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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"I loved it - absorbing and wonderfully twisty. It keeps the reader guessing right up to the last pages." (Debbie Howells)
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- Kevin
- 12-07-20
Enthralling
Captured my interest from the start and held it to the end. Tragic stiry though.
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- Jools
- 30-06-20
Don’t bother!
I’d read good reviews of this book. I can only imagine they were written by people who can suspend their disbelief to a most incredible level.
I finished this book. It was like watching one of those terrible films that you keep thinking is going to get better soon. It didn’t.
The drawing together of threads and the ending is just all so unbelievable.
I am going to ask for a refund of my credit on this book.
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- Erika Salzeck
- 30-06-20
Preposterous claptrap
Started off well but degenerates into nonsense. I have really enjoyed all of Katerina Diamond's other books but this is very disappointing. Sloppy and insulting.
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- Tamara
- 06-02-21
Great Story
Great story. Gripping from start to finish. Lovely descriptions of Sidmouth x x x x
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-01-21
Beyond belief
Poor and irritating. Struggled thru to the end just to see how it would pull together .... ridiculous ending.
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- Sarah F
- 13-09-20
Great twist
Really enjoyed this book. Although I found the start a little slow the twists and turns soon got me hooked.