The Getaway
By (Author) Nicola Martin
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Raven Books
4th March 2025
7th November 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Comic (humorous) crime and mystery
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Thriller: serial killers
Psychological thriller
Hardback
352
Width 162mm, Height 240mm, Spine 32mm
560g
Welcome to Keeper Island, the private Caribbean paradise where the cocktails are chilled, the guests are not, and new manager Lola is hoping nothing messes up her badly needed fresh start. Her previous job in Hong Kong ended in tears and quite a lot of blood so shes come to Keeper to lie low, as well as to provide the gold-star service the resorts spoiled one-percenters expect. Her only connection to her previous life now is her old mentor and new boss, Mike Moxham. But nothing is that simple, and no secret is truly safe forever. When Moxham is found dead less than a day after her arrival on the island, the rules Lola uses for working with the super-rich quickly become rules for survival: Be prepared for anything. Trust no one. Because she might be next Bella Mackie meets Below Deck in this twisty escapist thriller as gulpable as rum punch and just as deadly
Nicola Martin studied at the University of East Anglia and the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in Bristol, where she works as a marketing manager and freelance writer. Her first novel, Dead Ringer, published by Saraband, won the Fiction Prize at the 2021 Lakeland Book of the Year Awards.