{"product_id":"radiant-heat-9780593550366","title":"Radiant Heat","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen a catastrophic wildfire suddenly rips through a woman's hometown, she thinks she is lucky to have survived . . . until she finds a dead woman in her driveway, clutching a piece of paper with her name on it. . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe blaze came out of nowhere one summer afternoon, a wall of fire fed by blustering wind. Yet, somehow, Alison is alive. She rode out the fire on the damp tiles of her bathroom, her entire body swaddled in a wet woolen blanket. As flames crackled around her, the bitter char of eucalyptus settled in the back of her throat, each breath more desperate than the last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe wildfire that devastated the Victoria countryside Alison calls home sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to obliterate the carefully constructed life she is living. When Alison emerges from her sheltering place, she spots a soot-covered cherry red car in her driveway, and in it, a dead woman. Alison has never met Simone Arnold in her life . . . or so she thinks. So what is she doing here? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Alison searches for answers across Australia's scorched bushlands, she soon learns that the fire isn't the only threat she's facing. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah-Jane Collins\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, editor, and journalist from Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia, who moved to New York by way of Gadigal land (Sydney) and Naarm (Melbourne). Her work has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e Age\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Meanjin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Overland\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She has an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. Her fiction has won the Overland Fair Australia Prize and been short-listed for other awards. Although New York is home now, she misses the beaches of Australia, but not the spiders.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50877931749650,"sku":"9780593550366","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8646b2e7-4487-479c-889e-38ddd91dd2ad.jpg?v=1748525710","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/radiant-heat-9780593550366","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}