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The Orchid

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An international tale of heartbreak,

corruption, andfinancialfraud with

afeminine touch

Kat Thurston

KEY SELLING POINTS

Aninternationaltaleof heartbreak,corruptionandfinancialfraudsetonthefictionalChannelIslandof
Bailey, modelled closely on the British Crown dependencies.
An empowering story of a woman who loses everything but gradually finds love, friendship and meaning out
of theashesof herformerprivileged life.
Thenovelexploresthemessuchaswealthinequality,theimmoralityoftaxhavensandfemalesolidarity and
blends book club literature with a thriller edge.

A divorcing woman discovers the sordid truth beneath her glitzy life when she takes on her cheating
husband and the tax haven island hiding his secrets.
OntheparadiseislandofBailey,societyhostessandamateuraviator,CassHartmann,hasaperfectlife. A
beachside home, a chalet in the alps, two gorgeous daughters and a to-die-for husband. She has everything, in
fact,exceptforthetruth.
At a lavish party hosted by a Russian oligarch, Cass discovers her husband, Magnus, has been leading a double
life. She files for divorce and starts unravelling her husband’s clandestine business affairs, dreaming of a new
lifewithhalfthemaritalspoils. Magnuscutsoffherfunds, alienatesherfrom friendsandfamilyandabsconds
with their daughters. Alone, destitute, and with mysterious forces on the island working against her, Cass must
findthestrengthwithinherandtheimportance of trueallies. Shejoinsforceswiththreewomenshemeets in a
therapy group to delve into the murky corporate world to uncover an operation of money laundering, sanctions
bustingand arms dealing. WhenCass is offereda vast out of courtsettlement to keepquiet, she is set on an
unexpected path…

Kat Thurston has a Master’s in English Literature from Oxford University, a Guinness World Record for
paraglidingandholdsaprivatepilot’slicence. Afterherdivorce, shesetherheartona newlife asabushpilot in
Africawhenlovecalledherto LasVegaswhereshenowliveswithhersecondhusband.Whennotwritingshe
canbe foundrockclimbing in thedesertwhichshehasgrownto love.
Publication Date: 28th November 2024 £10.99 ISBN: 9781836280569
Thema subject category: FBA – Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
paperback 216 x 138 mm 512 pp Portrait Author location: Las Vegas

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