Passiontide

Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island ? the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch. ?Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it? SARAH WINMAN?Beautiful and important? SAFIYA SINCLAIREarly one morning, at the close of St Colibri?s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island. As the days pass, this shocking event draws together four women. There?s Sharleen, a journalist with an eye for the real story. Her childhood friend Tara, a pink-haired, straight-talking local activist. Gigi, the ?notorious? founder of the Port Isabella Sex Workers Collective. And Daisy, first lady of St Colibri, who is haunted by a disappearance in her own family decades ago. In a community in which women?s voices are often silenced and violence against them is overlooked time after time, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out ? and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage??Roffey?s world-building power is evident on every page?GUARDIAN?Will keep you reading all hours... unforgettable?GLAMOUR?Sensual, ferocious? If The White Lotus were a modern feminist thriller, this would be it?LALINE PAULL?The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing? Electrifying?JASON ALLEN-PAISANT?A vital novel? Fiery, funny?DIANA EVANSREADERS LOVE PASSIONTIDE?This was fantastic? five stars??Exhilarating? it's a blast, with sharp, smart humour??A powerful book? really moving??Filled with anger, unity and love??What an amazing book this is? This story will stay with me for a very long time??Moving and gripping??A must-read??I loved this book?