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 SINCLAIR

Early 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 EVANS

READERS 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’

Passiontide

The Mermaid of Black Conch