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The Pledge

The nail-biting, escapist crime thriller from the half-million copy bestseller
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Lawyer Thea has just won the biggest case of her professional life when she receives a mysterious invitation - and finds herself on a jet, being whisked off to a private Caribbean island. Except this is no holiday. Thea's fellow guests represent the world's richest individuals... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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From the bestselling author of the Nell Ward crime series comes a twisty, Glass Onion-style mystery with the super rich, the political elite and the celebrity world colliding and meeting unfortunate ends a on glamorous, remote paradise island.

From the bestselling author of the Nell Ward crime series comes a twisty, Glass Onion-style mystery with the super rich, the political elite and the celebrity world colliding and meeting unfortunate ends a on glamorous, remote paradise island.

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Lawyer Thea has just won the biggest case of her professional life when she receives a mysterious invitation - and finds herself on a jet, being whisked off to a private Caribbean island.

Except this is no holiday.

Thea's fellow guests represent the world's richest individuals and, on arrival, each is challenged to make The Pledge - to give half their fortunes to fight climate change.

But underneath the billionaire lifestyle is a game of survival of the fittest. And, by the morning, their manipulative and misguided host is dead.

Thea must navigate secrets, lies, and scandals as the group's suspicions turn on her. Now, she's not just relying on her courtroom wiles to win a case; she's fighting for her life.

Because, when another guest dies, it's clear she's not just stranded on the island - she's trapped with a killer...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781785123306

Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Zaffre

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 368

About the Author

After spending sixteen years as an ecologist, crawling through undergrowth and studying the nocturnal habits of animals (and people), Dr Sarah Yarwood-Lovett naturally turned her mind to murder. She may have swapped badgers for bears when she emigrated from a quaint village in the South Downs to the wild mountains of the Pacific Northwest, but her books remain firmly rooted in the rolling downland she grew up in.

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