High Season by Katie Bishop review

About The Book

Book: High Season
Author: Katie Bishop
Standalone or Series: Standalone
Publisher: Bantam
Publication Date (UK): 14th August 2025

My Review

High Season takes place in 2024, with flashbacks to twenty years earlier in 2004. The book opens in 2004 on the night of a birthday party, when a girl is found dead in the water and we are told that only Nina knows what has happened to her.

Now in 2024, Nina has just landed her first full-time job as an assistant clinical psychologist, focusing on child psychology. See, she was only five when her sister Tamara died at their family’s luxury holiday home in the Côte d’Azur. It was her testimony that saw Josie, the daughter of the family’s hired help, put away for ten years. Over the years, Nina has started to question her memories, hence her chosen character path.The narrative switches between both Nina and Josie, showing just how deeply that night in 2004 shaped their both of their lives. And, in typical 2024 fashion, everyone finds themselves drawn back to the Côte d’Azur when a true crime influencer and documentary crew come sniffing around the case for its twentieth anniversary.

The narrative switches between both Nina and Josie, showing just how deeply that night in 2004 shaped both of their lives. And, in typical 2024 fashion, everyone finds themselves drawn back to the Côte d’Azur when a true crime influencer and documentary crew come sniffing around the case for its twentieth anniversary.

I really enjoyed the ins and outs of this one. I loved the journey, although I wasn’t too shocked at how it unfolded, I could definitely picture a TV adaptation! Aside from the mystery at hand, I really loved the characters in this one. The friendships and teenage growing pains were believable and I really felt for the women involved. Loved it!

Thank you to Insta Book Tours and Bantam Books for including me on the tour.