Gail wakes in the middle of the night to everyone’s worst nightmare.

She can’t move, can’t speak and a stranger is standing over her. Then everything goes black.

Gail knows she didn’t dream it. Or him. But the police don’t believe her.

That was two years ago. She has tried to move on, forget what happened.

Until she meets his next victim.

This woman’s story is identical to hers. And the attack happened exactly one year later.

There is one week left until he will strike again.

Now the silence is broken, there is no telling what he will unleash…

Review

Praise for Kat Diamond:

‘I loved it – absorbing and wonderfully twisty. It keeps the reader guessing right up to the last pages’ Debbie Howells

‘Absolutely top-notch. So many twists it makes me dizzy thinking about it’ Jo Jakeman

‘Dark and twisted, but with sunshine and nostalgia to transport you’ SJI Holliday

‘Diamond is the master of gripping literature’ Evening Standard

‘Gripping’ OK!

‘Gritty, realistic, and worthy of an open mouth when you reach the ending, this is a taut, tense read’ Woman’s Way

‘A must for crime lovers’ Woman & Home

‘Heartstopping’ Crime Monthly

‘Dark, nail-biting … the hottest thriller out this summer!’ The People’s Friend

‘All hail the new Queen of Crime’ Heat

‘A page-turner with a keep-you-guessing plot’ Sunday Times Crime Club

‘Packed with twists until the last page’ Closer

About The Author

Katerina Diamond burst onto the crime scene with her debut The Teacher, which became a Sunday Times bestseller and a number one Kindle bestseller. It was longlisted for the CWA John Creasey Debut Dagger Award and the Hotel Chocolat Award for ‘darkest moment’. The Teacher was followed by sequels The Secret, The Angel, The Promise, Truth or Die and Woman in the Water, all of which featured detectives Adrian Miles and Imogen Grey. The Heatwave is her first standalone thriller.