The St Lucia Mystery

A gripping new novel from million-selling author Bernice Bloom

"This is the best book yet. I loved it."

Mary Brown heads to the beautiful island of St Lucia on the holiday of a lifetime. She’s planning to relax and take things easy. But on the second evening, while walking on the beach, she finds a purse buried in the sand.

Inside it is a folded map, a key, and an invitation to a party on a boat the next evening. There’s also an identity card for someone called Cara Jeffries. And...thousands and thousands of dollars.

The wallet does not have a phone number, so Mary heads to the boat party the next night to hand the purse back to its owner.

But when she asks whether Cara is there, there is a stunned silence. Everyone on the boat stops and looks.

Mary is told that Cara disappeared. No one knows what happened to her.

The people on the boat want to know...

– How does Mary have Cara’s purse?
– How can the purse contain an invitation to a boat party that was only organised a few days ago when the woman disappeared weeks ago?
– Is Cara Jeffries alive?

Mary Brown decides to find out…

The novel features waterfalls, volcanic mud baths, the struggle to keep a large body inside a small bikini, rain forests, endless sugar-coated beaches and peaceful azure waters.

And Mary Brown – in the middle of it all – wallowing in the beauty and majesty of the island while trying to find the missing Cara Jeffries as three angry men & the island's police force watch her closely, waiting to pounce…