'An exquisite tale of intrigue and dark secrets' LISA JEWELL 'A gripping atmospheric read' RUTH WARE A GRIPPING HISTORICAL WHODUNNIT ON THE SEAS DRIPPING WTH HIGHSMITH-ESQUE GLAMOUR, INTRIGUE AND MURDER ********** England, September 1939 Former chambermaid Lily Shepherd boards a cruise liner for a new life in Australia and is plunged into a world of cocktails, jazz and glamorous friends. But as the sun beats down, long-hidden secrets begin to surface. As tension mounts in the enclosed space of a liner at sea, it's soon clear a killer is on board ... ********** Readers are totally gripped by DANGEROUS CROSSING: ***** 'Full of luxurious and decadent detail, bringing the five-week sea voyage from England to Australia bursting to life' *****'I enjoyed every single page. Rich, evocative and intriguing from start to finish' *****'Delicious, dark and completely compelling' Also try Rachel Rhys' other unputdownable historical mysteries: A FATAL INHERITANCE and ISLAND OF SECRETS ****Coming soon by Rachel Rhys*** MURDER IN BLACK ROCK CASTLE

'Rachel Rhys is in a league of her own, creating compelling, engrossing historical mysteries that grip readers by the throat every single time' LISA JEWELL 'Rachel Rhys should be everyone's summer reader' CLARE MACKINTOSH ------------ An isolated castle, a deadly crime. Is this real or a nightmare? In a remote castle high up in the Tuscan hills secrets are simmering among its glamorous English residents: The ailing gentleman art-dealer His dazzling niece Her handsome Fascist husband Their neglected young daughter The housekeeper who knows everything and Connie, the English widow working for them. Every night, Connie hears sinister noises and a terrible wailing inside the walls. Is she losing her grip on reality? Or does someone in the castle want her gone? Readers love Rachel Rhys' books: 'Wow! A knock-out book. Very Hitchcockian and Highsmith-esque with a delicious building of tension throughout' ***** 'There is something immensely captivating about the way Rachel Rhys writes and it only took minutes for me to be transported' ***** 'I wanted to give it six stars. The mystery and the menace make this book one I will want to read over again' *****

A stunning, atmospheric novel set in 1940s South of France.

'Should be on everyone's summer reading lists' CLARE MACKINTOSH

‘GLORIOUS! Hugely enjoyable escapism. I enjoyed it ENORMOUSLY.' MARIAN KEYES

'A delicious, escapist read' MY WEEKLY

London 1948: Eve Forrester is trapped in a loveless marriage, in a gloomy house, in a grey suburb.
Out of the blue, she receives a solicitor’s letter. A wealthy stranger has left her a mystery inheritance but in order to find out more, she must travel to the glittering French Riviera.

Eve discovers her legacy is an enchanting villa overlooking the Mediterranean sea and suddenly, life could not be more glamorous.

But under the heat of the sun, all is not as it seems. Now, Eve must unlock the story behind her surprise bequest – before things spiral out of control…

A Fatal Inheritance is an intoxicating story of glamour, intrigue and desire, set against the razzle-dazzle of the French Riviera.

London 1957: Iris Bailey is bored to death of working in the typing pool and living with her parents in Hemel Hempstead. A gifted portraitist with a talent for sketching party guests, she dreams of becoming an artist. So she can't believe her luck when socialite Nell Hardman invites her to Havana to draw at the wedding of her Hollywood director father.

Far from home, she quickly realizes the cocktails, tropical scents and azure skies mask a darker reality. As Cuba teeters on the edge of revolution and Iris's heart melts for troubled photographer Joe, she discovers someone in the charismatic Hardman family is hiding a terrible secret. Can she uncover the ugly truth behind the glamour and the dazzle before all their lives are torn apart?