Set in the heat of a Tuscan summer, Out of her Depth is an evocative thriller by Lizzy Barber.

There are summers that will change your life.
There are summers that may end it.

In the lush green hills beyond Florence sits the Villa Medici-a graceful pensione surrounded by manicured gardens. Rachel, a college student from an outer London suburb, can't believe her luck in landing a summer job here. Especially when she's drawn into a circle of privileged young sophisticates, including her glamorous co-worker Diana, who promises to help Rachel win the affections of handsome, confident Sebastian.

But as champagne flows and rivalries fester in the Tuscan countryside, Rachel realizes that Diana has motivations of her own. Adrift in a world of backstabbing and bedhopping, lavish parties and easy betrayal, Rachel feels the stakes rising along with the temperatures until, one night, something snaps. Someone dies. And nothing will ever be the same?

An evocative summer thriller, filled with betrayal and murder, set in a Tuscan villa ¿ for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Louise Candlish.

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