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ADVANCE INFORMATIONTheOrchid PapersAninternationaltaleofheartbreak, corruption,andfinancialfraudwith afeminine touchKat ThurstonKEY SELLING POINTSAninternationaltaleof heartbreak,corruptionandfinancialfraudsetonthefictionalChannelIslandof Bailey, modelled closely on the British Crown dependencies.Anempowering storyof awomanwholoses everythingbutgraduallyfinds love,friendshipandmeaning out oftheashesofherformerprivilegedlife.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, achaletinthe alps,twogorgeous daughtersandato-die-forhusband.Shehaseverything,in fact,exceptforthetruth.Atalavishpartyhostedby aRussianoligarch,Cassdiscovers herhusband,Magnus,hasbeenleading adouble life. She files for divorce and starts unravelling herhusband%u2019s clandestine business affairs, dreaming of a new lifewithhalfthemaritalspoils. Magnuscutsoffherfunds, alienatesherfromfriendsandfamilyandabsconds withtheirdaughters.Alone, destitute, andwithmysterious forces onthe islandworking against her,Cassmust findthestrengthwithinherandtheimportance oftrueallies. Shejoinsforceswiththreewomenshemeets ina therapy groupto delve intothemurky corporateworldto uncoveranoperation ofmoney laundering, sanctions bustingandarmsdealing.WhenCassisoffereda vastoutof courtsettlementtokeepquiet,sheis setonan unexpected path%u2026Kat Thurston has a Master%u2019s in English Literature from Oxford University, a Guinness World Record for paraglidingandholdsaprivatepilot%u2019slicence. Afterherdivorce, shesetherheartona newlife asabushpilot in Africawhenlovecalledherto LasVegaswhereshenowliveswithhersecondhusband.Whennotwritingshe canbe foundrockclimbing in thedesertwhichshehasgrownto love.Publication Date: 28th November 2024 %u00a310.99 ISBN:9781836280569 Thema subject category: FBA%u2013Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literarypaperback 216 x 138 mm 512 pp Portrait Author location: Las VegasSales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales