The Rose Petal Beach Synopsis
Every love story has a dangerous twist. Tamia Challey is horrified when her husband, Scott, is accused of something terrible - but when she discovers who his accuser is, everything goes into freefall. Backed into a corner and unsure what to think, Tamia is forced to choose who she instinctively believes. But this choice has dire consequences for all concerned, especially when matters take a tragic turn. Then a stranger arrives in town to sprinkle rose petals in the sea in memory of her lost loved one. This stranger carries with her shocking truths that will change the lives of everyone she meets, and will once again force Tamia to make some devastating choices...
About This Edition
ISBN: |
9781472261779 |
Publication date: |
20th September 2018 |
Author: |
Dorothy Koomson |
Publisher: |
Headline Review an imprint of Headline Publishing Group |
Format: |
Paperback |
Pagination: |
663 pages |
Primary Genre |
Romance / Relationship Stories
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Dorothy Koomson Press Reviews
'If you only do one thing this weekend, read this book. It's another utterly brilliant psychological thriller from the author and we 100 per cent recommend it'
Sun
. 'Pacy and compelling, the twists and turns come thick and fast with a surprise round every corner
Heat magazine
. 'The brilliant Dorothy Koomson has produced another page-turner to keep you guessing
Star
. 'An excellent roller coaster ride of a book, which keeps you guessing until the very end
Bella
. 'This compelling thriller is filled with the complex emotions of when the lines between family and friends get blurred
Black Hair magazine
. 'I enjoyed the passion and power with which Koomson writes, and her portrayal of an emotional underworld in which nothing is clear-cut and the line between guilty and innocent is blurred
Daily Mail
. 'Cleverly told by three female narrators, this is a complex tale of a terrible crime ... I was gripped from the start of this book and desperate to uncover the truth
Woman
. 'a magnificent novel, as deep and chilling as the darkest of tides, constantly changing and wielding the power to destroy the landscape as you see it
Daily Record
. 'We were hooked from the start
Company
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About Dorothy Koomson
Dorothy Koomson is an award-winning, global bestselling author whose novels include the Sunday Times bestsellers The Friend, That Girl from Nowhere, The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before, The Chocolate Run and My Best Friend’s Girl. Her books have been translated into more than 30 languages with sales that exceed 2 million copies in the UK alone. Dorothy’s books are powerful, thought-provoking and compelling ‘emotional thrillers’ where moral dilemmas are central and where the complex emotions of family and friendships are explored. Her third book, My Best Friend’s Girl, was selected for the Richard & Judy Summer Reads of 2006, and her novels The Ice Cream Girls and The Rose Petal Beach were both shortlisted for the British Book Awards in 2010 and 2013, respectively. A TV adaptation loosely based on The Ice Cream Girls was first shown on ITV1 in 2013. Her novels have all been Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers including That Girl from Nowhere, When I Was Invisible, The Friend and Tell Me Your Secret.
Dorothy recently featured on the 2021 Powerlist as one of the most influential Black people in Britain and appeared in GQ Style as a Black British trailblazer. She uses her platform to support new writers and recently launched ‘The Happy Author’ podcast and is a Judge for the 2021 Grazia and Women’s Prize for Fiction First Chapter competition. This year she also contributed to the World Book Night collection, Stories to Make You Smile, to the Feminist Book Society’s This Is How We Come Back Stronger and to a collection of love stories by women of colour, Who’s Loving You.
Passionate about the importance of reading and literacy, Dorothy is a regular speaker in libraries and supports the work of the National Literacy Trust, an independent charity that transforms lives through literacy www.literacytrust.org.uk and Little Green Pig www.littlegreenpig.org.uk, a Brighton and Hove based charity that offers free writing workshops for young people in need. Dorothy lives in Brighton (well, Hove, actually) and the city is an ever-present character in her novels.
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