The Brighton Mermaid

**WINNER OF THE PRECIOUS LIFESTYLE MUST READ OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018** ‘This will creep its way under your skin and stay there long after you finish the final few gut-twisting chapters. Brilliant ’ Heat _____________________ TWO SISTERS. TWO SHOCKING SECRETS In 1993 . . . Teenagers Nell and Jude found the body of an unidentified young woman on Brighton beach. She became known as The Brighton Mermaid but while the police investigated her murder, Jude disappeared. On the night Jude vanished . . . Macy, Nell’s younger sister, saw something that changed her forever – and made her suspicious of everyone in her family. 25 years later . . . Nell is forced to quit her job to find out who the Brighton Mermaid was and what happened to Jude that summer. But as Nell edges closer to the truth, Macy starts to fall apart, terrified of the secret her sister will discover. And when dangerous things start to happen, Nell realises that she doesn’t know who in her life she can trust . . . _____________________ ‘Another brilliant, suspenseful read from a master storyteller’ ( Candis ) ‘With a cracking plot to boot – this brilliant read will hook you from the start ’ ( Fabulous magazine ) ‘This will creep its way under your skin and stay there long after you finish the final few gut-twisting chapters. Brilliant ’ ( Heat ) ‘ Tense and emotional ’ ( My Weekly ) ‘ Thrilling !’ ( Take A Break ) ‘Koomson is the queen of the big reveal, and takes her time slowly building the tension in this truly gripping read’ ( The Sun ) ‘Has all the classic elements of the big beach novel. It adds extra depths to the whodunit in terms of characterisation and emotional impact, and races to a conclusion that had me turning the pages as if they were on fire ’ ( Viva magazine ) ‘A hot read’ ( Woman magazine ) ‘Just when you think you know what happened and you have your suspects a turn of the page will prove you wrong. This novel is fast paced and a great read’ ( Woman’s Way ) ‘The novel simmers with tension and an undercurrent of darkness ’ ( Daily Express ) ‘The Brighton Mermaid is a breathtakingly brilliant , twisty belter of a book and you need to read it!’ (Miranda Dickinson, author of Somewhere Beyond The Sea ) ‘ Fast-paced, dark and simmering – can’t recommend this novel enough.’ (Caroline Smailes, author of The Drowning of Arthur Braxton )