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From the bestselling author of Holy Island comes the gripping fifth novel in The Summer Suspense Mysteries, set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape. LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers - The Times A literary phenomenon - Evening Chronicle There's nothing so deadly as...
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From the bestselling author of Holy Island comes the gripping fifth novel in The Summer Suspense Mysteries, set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape.
LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers - The Times
A literary phenomenon - Evening Chronicle
There's nothing so deadly as the sea, and the man who survives it...
Clara Enys was finally living the dream. After years of grafting, she was the proud owner of Cornwall's newest restaurant, The Lizard, named for the peninsula upon which it sat, perched high on a clifftop overlooking the sea. When she wasn't whipping up culinary feasts, she volunteered at the nearby lifeboat station, serving as crew with a team who risked their lives regularly to save others. With no immediate plans to settle down, life was pretty much perfect.
When a distress signal comes through one stormy night from a luxury yacht, Clara is ready to answer the call. Too late to save the vessel, they search raging seas for survivors— but find only one...
A man with no name, no memory, and the capacity to turn her world upside down.
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From the bestselling author of Holy Island comes the gripping fifth novel in The Summer Suspense Mysteries, set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape. LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers - The Times A literary phenomenon - Evening Chronicle There's nothing so deadly as the sea, and the man who survives it... Clara Enys was finally living the...Paperback$2199Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 4 Aug 2026Pre-order
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ISBN: 9781804960431
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 35.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 400
About the Author
LJ ROSS is an international bestselling author known for her atmospheric mystery and thriller novels, including the DCI Ryan series which has sold over 12 million copies worldwide. Her debut novel Holy Island published in 2015 and reached number one in the Amazon UK and Australian charts. Louise has since released over thirty novels, most of which have been UK number one digital bestsellers. She is also the creator of the bestselling Dr Alexander Gregory series and the Summer Suspense series. Louise is a keen philanthropist and proud to support numerous non-profit programmes in addition to founding the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction, the Northern Photography Prize and the Northern Film Prize. Born in Northumberland, England, she studied Law at King's College, University of London, then abroad in Florence and Paris, and worked as a lawyer before pursuing her dream to write. She lives with her family in Northumberland.
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