'An enthralling layered triumph' SUNDAY TIMES Thriller of the Month'A richly enjoyable thriller' THE TIMES Thriller of the Year'An elegant provocative twisting thriller… hugely entertaining and beautifully written' CHRIS WHITAKER'So brilliant I stayed up into the early hours to finish it' PRIMA Book of the MonthYour mother is not who you think she is…When the phone rings in Judy McVee’s Languedoc farmhouse she knows her past has finally caught up with her. It’s her daughter frantically asking why there are journalists on her London doorstep making terrible accusations.Decades earlier Judy was a girl with big plans - to ensnare a rich husband to make something of herself to rise above her upbringing and leave behind past tragedies. Wealthy young widower Rory Harrington seemed the perfect target - but Judy hadn’t reckoned on actually falling in love with him.Now her daughter Francesca who has secrets of her own must come to terms with the realisation that the mother she thought she knew wasn’t real. Where has Judy gone - and was anything she told her family true?Moving from Cape Cod to London New York to the South of France THE END OF SUMMER is a gripping nuanced literary thriller from a writer at the top of her game.In The End of Summer Charlotte Philby masterfully navigates through multiple timelines crafting a fiction thriller that is as unpredictable as life itself. The narrative is a testament to her ability to keep readers engrossed making it one of the best thrillers of the season.For fans of David Mccloskey (The Seventh Floor) Nick Harkaway (The Gone-Away World) Tim Sullivan (The Monk) William Boyd (An Ice-cream War) and Tom Wood (Kill For Me).HarperCollins 2024
