The Brighton Mermaid: The gripping thriller from the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls
May 2018 · Random House
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**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. Just brilliant!' Heat
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In the summer of 1993, teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman on Brighton beach.
When no one claims her, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid.
Nell is struggling to move on when the unthinkable happens. Just three weeks after their discovery, Jude disappears.
Twenty-five years on, Nell is determined to find out who the Brighton Mermaid really was - and what happened to her best friend that summer.
But as she edges closer to the truth, she steps further into danger. Someone seems to be watching her every move. And she soon begins to wonder who she can really trust. . .
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'Another brilliant and suspenseful read from a master storyteller' Candis
'With a cracking plot to boot - this brilliant read will hook you from the very 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 a fast paced and brilliant read' Woman's Way
'The novel simmers with tension and an undercurrent of darkness' Daily Express
'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 ofThe Drowning of Arthur Braxton
'This will creep its way under your skin and stay there long after you finish the final few gut-twisting chapters. Just brilliant!' Heat
_____________________
In the summer of 1993, teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman on Brighton beach.
When no one claims her, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid.
Nell is struggling to move on when the unthinkable happens. Just three weeks after their discovery, Jude disappears.
Twenty-five years on, Nell is determined to find out who the Brighton Mermaid really was - and what happened to her best friend that summer.
But as she edges closer to the truth, she steps further into danger. Someone seems to be watching her every move. And she soon begins to wonder who she can really trust. . .
_____________________
'Another brilliant and suspenseful read from a master storyteller' Candis
'With a cracking plot to boot - this brilliant read will hook you from the very 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 a fast paced and brilliant read' Woman's Way
'The novel simmers with tension and an undercurrent of darkness' Daily Express
'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 ofThe Drowning of Arthur Braxton
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4.4
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Nico
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March 1, 2020
I have loved Dorothy Koomson since I first came across Marshmallows for Breakfast and she never disappoints. She grips you from page 1 and you have to finish as quickly as possible. This is a great read with many threads to the key plot. Excellently written and I eagerly await the next book. Really enjoyed the story.
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Diane Talbot
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January 24, 2020
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About the author
Dorothy Koomson is the award-winning author of 14 novels including more than 12 Sunday Times bestsellers. Her books have been translated into more than 30 languages and she continues to be a method writer whenever possible. She wrote The Brighton Mermaid in part as a love letter to the place she's called home for more than ten years. And she hopes you enjoy it.
Dorothy Koomson in order: The Cupid Effect, The Chocolate Run, My Best Friend's Girl, Marshmallows for Breakfast, Goodnight, Beautiful, The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before, The Rose Petal Beach, The Flavours of Love, That Girl From Nowhere, When I Was Invisible, The Friend, The Beach Wedding, The Brighton Mermaid.
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