An Unsuitable Woman

(Paperback)

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Perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Gill Pauls The Secret Wife

Gloriously dark Liza Klaussman
Evocative i newsaper
Seductive Anna Hope
Rich Sunday Times
Thrilling Emma Chapman
Theo Miller is young, bright and ambitious when he and his earnest younger sister Maud step off the train into the simmering heat of Nairobi. Both eagerly await their new life, yet neither are prepared for the pain it will bring.

When Theo meets American heiress Sylvie de Cro, he is welcomed into her inner circle the Happy Valley set rich, dazzling expatriates, infamous for their scandalous lifestyles.

Yet behind Sylvies intoxicating allure lies a powerful cocktail
of secrets, lust and betrayal. As dark clouds gather over Kenyas future and his own, Theo must escape this most unsuitable woman before it is too late.

First published as The Hunters.

Reviews

A rich reimagining of a colonial Eden in which multitudes of serpents lurked Sunday Times

Kat Gordon has written a gloriously dark tale, packed with heat and glamour, and shot through with a fine, sharp edge. An absolutely compulsive read from beginning to end LIZA KLAUSSMANN, author of Tigers in Red Weather

An evocative coming-of-age tale Just the thing to read while sipping a cocktail or two i newsaper

Equally at home evoking the landscapes of east Africa and those of the flawed, capricious human heart a seductive, troubling journey into Britains colonial past ANNA HOPE, author of Wake and The Ballroom

An outstanding achievement. This thrilling, evocative novel will transport and absorb you: brilliant EMMA CHAPMAN, author of The Last Photograph

Author Bio

Kat Gordon read English at Somerville College, Oxford and worked at Time Out briefly after graduating. She has travelled extensively in East Africa where she also worked as a teacher and an HIV counsellor. She received a distinction for her MA in creative writing from Royal Holloway and her debut,The Artifical Anatomy of Parks, was published in 2015. Kat has lived in Budapest and Reykjavik and is currently settled in London with her partner and young son.