It's been a long time since I've read such a compelling debut. Beautifully written, transportive, and thought-provoking, THE GIRLS OF SUMMER sizzles with suspense. It's the book I'll be recommending that all my girlfriends pack for their holidays this summer

This startling debut...packs an incredible punch. The dark undertow of an idyllic summer and the lies girls are told and tell themselves are captured with stark, affecting honesty and evocative prose

This debut should be on every summer reading list... THE GIRLS OF SUMMER explores consent, the power discrepancies in relationships, control, and the intoxication of lust in a gripping read that is visceral and raw. Buy it

Reminiscent of HBO's hit The White Lotus... The obvious read-alike is My Dark Vanessa, by Kate Elizabeth Russell, and the plot-driven tension will appeal to fans of psychological suspense

A mesmerising, unsettling and gripping debut

Lures you in then shakes you up. A very timely read about consent and control. LOVED IT

Thought-provoking, timely and gripping, The Girls of Summer is the book of the summer

THE GIRLS OF SUMMER is visceral, deeply sensory and urgent. An unsettling and vital book

Atmospheric and powerful, THE GIRLS OF SUMMER is a propulsive examination of the line blurring trauma and love in a relationship, a distinction which - in a post #MeToo world - is more important than ever

Smart, tense and on-the-nose about shame and coercion and the way we force our own painful histories into a narrative we can live with.

An absolutely scorching debut deftly mixing the glamour of an island holiday with shadows of coercive control. One of the best psychological thrillers I've read this year

Such a clever, subtle, simmering read of a sun-drenched summer romance that is not all it seems. Timely, powerful, and must-read material around consent and buried trauma

This promising first novel is a timely exploration of the way predatory older men seduce and manipulate young women...Bishop's unflinching dissection of male abuse and power and the strength of female solidarity deserves attention.

Dark, timely and thought provoking. It's a must-read

Brilliant debut

Pacy and readable, it's set to be a big summer hit

A taut, tense novel... The Guest is a strong follow-up... Her [Cline's] prose is limpid and propulsive, sustaining an atmosphere of dread.

[An] arresting observational eye

Cline has a crime writer's gift for revelatory storytelling, ramping up tension like an HBO pro

A searing portrayal of the precariat? Or a slick summer thriller? The answer is: both . . . you won't be able to look away

Supremely readable... propulsive

A dream-like, foreboding novel and worthy follow-up to the sensation The Girls

The talented Ms. Cline . . . Her prose is drifty and wire-taut, easy on the eye, with an awful undertow of unease that never lets up. The pathology brilliantly observed by The Guest would not feel so edgy if it were not perilously close to an aspirational ideal

I loved every moment of The Guest: the intensity, the control, the atmosphere, the psychological escalation, the astonishing social observation, the profound and devastating visions of the void achieved with flicks of the wrist, the way it lets nobody off the hook and yet is not without deep humanity

Heady scent of hotsummers and dark secrets

The wealthy clique depicted in Cline's unsettling second novel is by turns boorish and menacing - but you won't be able to look away

A beach read that ticks all the boxes

[The Guest’s] atmosphere is equally apprehensive [as The Girls] and Cline’s eye for the fragility of insider-outsiders is as gimlet-sharp as before

The Guest… [is] as relentlessly spellbinding as her debut

Raw, funny, real and sad, this is storytelling at its best

Blisteringly good

This truly beautiful story made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby - you simply have to read it

Entertaining, immersive and moving

Dazzling

Moyes somehow manages to break your heart before restoring your faith in love

A genuinely entertaining book, a really cracking story