Heat

"An utterly compelling, erotic and sinister contemporary novel set in the summer heat of Washington DC...

Susan Stewart thought her relationship with journalist Phillip Jordan was long over. Then, by chance, Susan glimpses him again in a bookshop on the outskirts of Washington DC. Phillip has appeared on her home territory, the place where both she and her journalist husband live and work, where they have chosen to bring up their beloved daughter, Rebecca, the city where Susan feels free from any links with her past..

Susan is convinced that Phillip has come to taunt her, to upset and destroy her measured life. But no-one seems to believe her, and as the oppressive, suffocating summer draws on and political scandals break, Susan herself is unsure of the reality of things... "