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
‘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 McIvor
‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ – Sarah Winman
‘Beautiful and important’ – Safiya Sinclair
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