First published 2021
Tropical storm Cristobal approaches the exclusive island of Mustique. Most wealthy villa owners have fled, but a handful of young socialites refuse to end their summer revelry. American heiress Amanda Fortini joins this defiant group until she sets out for her usual morning swim and never returns. Detective Sergeant Solomon Nile, only 28 and the island's sole trained police officer, faces his biggest challenge yet. He contacts the island's owners, Lord and Lady Blake, who transformed Mustique into their vision of paradise decades earlier. Lady Veronica rushes back from St Lucia, driven by fears for her goddaughter Lily, whose presence on the island stirs memories of another tragic disappearance years before. When searchers recover Amanda's corpse, Nile begins a murder investigation. The storm has cut off all transportation, trapping the killer among the remaining islanders. But the tight-knit local community walls itself off from his questions. As Cristobal's winds and rain batter the island, another person vanishes into the chaos.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: isolated-setting, locked-room-mystery
Setting: Mustique, St Lucia
Period: Tropical Storm Cristobal
336 pages · Paperback · ALBIN MICHEL