Jennifer Vido: What inspired your new release, SUN DAMAGE? Sabine: Durrant: I came up with the idea during the pandemic and I guess it was sub-conscious wish-fulfilment. I was due to go on family holiday in the South of France, but I had to cancel it and, as I sat in south London, the villa we’d booked took up residence in my head. Sun Damage is about a grifter who takes on someone else’s life, and I guess my main character was in many ways taking mine. Jen: Who are Ali and Sean, and why are they in the South of France? Sabine: Ali and Sean are con artists. Ali, a damaged woman in her early twenties, had been living the life of a petty criminal until she met Sean, an older man, with more sophisticated tastes and skills. He taught her everything he knows and, having cut a swathe through India and Morocco, they moved on to Europe in search of new marks to work on, fresh scams to pull. The South of France, playground of the wealthy and the bored, has so far provided rich pickings. Jen: How does Lulu fit in? Sabine: Lulu looks like…

