Island of Secrets
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  • Published: 25 May 2020
  • ISBN: 9781473582781
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 47 min
  • Narrator: Sara Alexander
  • RRP: $24.99

Island of Secrets

Escape to Cuba with this gripping beach read

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29 Sep 2020
EBook
28 May 2020
Audiobook
25 May 2020
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MYSTERY, ROMANCE, SCANDAL in bestselling Rachel Rhys atmospheric new novel set in the exotic city of Havana on the cusp of revolution. For all fans of Dinah Jeffries, Lucinda Riley and Santa Montefiore.

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'Rachel Rhys should be on everyone's summer reading lists' CLARE MACKINTOSH

Set in the exotic city of Havana on the cusp of revolution, an English woman discovers mystery, romance and scandal in the atmospheric new novel by Rachel Rhys for fans of Dinah Jeffries, Lucinda Riley and Santa Montefiore

‘Say, wouldn’t it be a gas if all of us here are pretending to be something we’re not?’

1957: Iris Bailey is bored to death of working in the typing pool and living with her parents in Hemel Hempstead. A gifted portraitist with a talent for sketching guests at parties, she dreams of becoming an artist. So she can’t believe her luck when wealthy socialite Nell Hardman invites her to Havana to draw at the glittering wedding of her Hollywood director father.

Iris is thrilled to escape to a faraway city by the sea. But she soon realizes that the cocktails, tropical scents and azure skies mask a darker reality. As Cuba teeters on the edge of revolution and Iris’s heart melts for troubled photographer Joe, she discovers that someone in the charismatic Hardman family is hiding a terrible secret. Can she uncover the ugly truth behind the glamour and the dazzle before all their lives are torn apart?

PRAISE FOR RACHEL RHYS:

'Intoxicating' SANTA MONTEFIORE
'Transporting' SUNDAY TIMES
'A fabulous summer read' DAILY EXPRESS
'Escapist fun' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Delicious' SARRA MANNING

©Rachel Rhys 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
  • Published: 25 May 2020
  • ISBN: 9781473582781
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 47 min
  • Narrator: Sara Alexander
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Rachel Rhys

RACHEL RHYS is the pen-name of a much-loved psychological suspense author. She is the author of the Richard and Judy bookclub pick, Dangerous Crossing and the bestselling A Fatal Inheritance. Her latest novel is the immersive Island of Secrets. Rachel Rhys lives in North London with her family.

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Praise for Island of Secrets

A glamorous cocktail of gangsters and good eggs that shimmers and simmers in the heat of 1950s Havana. Intoxicating and thrilling

VERONICA HENRY

Transports us to another time and place. I loved it!

NINA POTTELL, PRIMA

Iris is a heroine you’ll absolutely root for in this escapist tale of murder, intrigue and romance

SARRA MANNING, RED

Intoxicating as a stiff Mojito

SUNDAY MIRROR

Darkly seductive and laced with intrigue

THE SUN

A vivid historical read

WOMAN'S WEEKLY

A gripping, escapist mystery

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Intoxicating

CRIME MONTHLY

A decadent, dangerous story that dazzles as much as it captivates.

CULTUREFLY

Tautly plotted and captivating

TIMES

This is one breathlessly intoxicating mystery

HEAT

Prepare to be spellbound as Rhys stirs together a magical setting with a wonderful heroine to create an addictive murder mystery

i PAPER

Transporting

DAILY EXPRESS, 'Best New Escapist Reads'