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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, the pink-haired, straight-talking star of the activism scene. 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 often overlooked, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out - and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage...'A thrilling read, I loved it' SADIE JONES'A vital novel... Fiery, funny and ferociously feminist' DIANA EVANS'The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing... Electrifying' JASON ALLEN-PAISANT'Monique Roffey is a trailblazer of Caribbean literature' BREANNE MC IVOR

Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island ¿ the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.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 . . .Fiercely alive, Passiontide is a novel of women daring to imagine a different world. It confirms Monique Roffey as one of our most spellbinding storytellers.PRAISE FOR MONIQUE ROFFEY:`Monique Roffey is a unique talent¿ Bernardine Evaristo`A daring, mesmerising novel¿ Maggie O¿Farrell`Wonderful, immersive, evocative . . . A masterclass of world-building¿ Bridget Collins`Once I had started it, I couldn¿t stop . . . brilliant¿ Clare Chambers

The magical new novel from the Orange Prize shortlisted author of The White Woman on the Green Bicycle will take you on a journey like no other...