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White Lotus meets The Talented Mr Ripley in this sun-drenched psychological thriller set against the glittering backdrop of the Amalfi Coast in the sweltering summer of 1961 - where nothing is as it seems...
The perfect couple. Beautiful young bride Clara Carmichael and her wealthy new husband Spencer arrive on the Amalfi Coast. A glorious month of dazzling blue seas, lemon trees heavy with fruit, and their sparking, marbled-clad honeymoon suite stretches ahead of them.
The perfect honeymoon. For the newlyweds, the days slip by in a haze of boat rides, sun-bathing on the private beach, and cocktails beneath a star-studded sky. It's paradise - until a note is slipped under their door, and everything unravels.
The perfect lie? In black ink, the message is unmistakable:
He's lying to you. Suddenly, Clara questions everything. Why does Spencer seem so familiar with their hotel? Why does she have the feeling she's being watched?
As she winds through the twists and turns of Amalfi Coast's sun-bleached alleyways and jagged cliffs, Clara is forced to confront the truth: the man she married may not be who he says he is. And the closer she gets to the answers, the more danger she's in.
Seductive, suspenseful and dripping with old-world glamour, this is an addictive story of obsession, betrayal, and the darkness hiding just beneath the shimmering surface.
About the author
Born in West Yorkshire, a stone's throw from Brontë Country, and named after Daphne du Maurier's bestselling novel, Rebecca believes that her pull to the dark side of literature was inevitable! She lives in Calderdale with her husband and two teenagers, where she writes full-time. When Rebecca isn't at her desk, you'll usually find her with her nose in a book, watching old films or roaming the countryside in her wellies with her dog. Rebecca was runner-up in Theatre Cloud's Gothic Fiction Contest in 2018. Her novel-in-progress was longlisted for the 2022 Discoveries Prize and shortlisted for the 2022 Northern Writers Sid Chaplin Award for working-class writers.
