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by Rose Carlyle

An edge-of-your-seat debut thriller with identical twins, a crazy inheritance and a boat full of secrets. Who can you trust? Absolutely nobody!

'As addictive and intoxicating as the perfect martini. Don't start reading unless you have cancelled all your plans.'

- Sarah Bailey, author of The Dark Lake and Where the Dead Go.

Identical twins only look the same …

Beautiful twin sisters Iris and Summer are startlingly alike, but beyond what the eye can see lies a darkness that sets them apart. Cynical and insecure, Iris has long been envious of open-hearted Summer's seemingly never-ending good fortune, including her perfect husband, Adam.

Called to Thailand to help sail the family yacht to the Seychelles, Iris nurtures her own secret hopes for what might happen on the journey. But when she unexpectedly finds herself alone in the middle of the Indian Ocean, everything changes. Now is her chance to take what she's always wanted - the idyllic life she's always coveted. But just how far will she go to get the life she's dreamed about? And how will she make sure no one discovers the truth?

by Colleen Brown

Cover & illustrations by Emma Lay

• The extraordinary World War 1 true story of two New Zealand siblings and a scarf.

• In 1915 Violet is eight years old, living in Southland, when a Red Cross worker asks her class to contribute something for the soldiers serving overseas.

• Violet knits a scarf.

• The scarf is wrapped and the parcel has a tag with Violet’s name on it.

• The parcel joins 250,000 others sent to New Zealand soldiers in France in1916.

• The journey takes more than a year and when the Red Cross parcels are thrown randomly to the soldiers, Violet’s scarf is caught by her brother George serving near the frontline.

• George kept the scarf safe throughout the rest of the war and brought it and Violet’s tag home to New Zealand. The tag is now in Dunedin’s Hocken Library.

Colleen Brown heard about this story when visiting Southland with cousins to see where their family had lived at the turn of the last century. They visited the stunning Te Hikoi Museum in Riverton where she watched a video of early settlers speak about their lives in the 1900s. One of the speakers was a woman called Violet Craig, nee Cloughley. Violet talked about this episode in her life and even though Colleen has told the story many times now, it still gives her goosebumps. She undertook a huge amount of research, including working closely with Violet’s and George’s descendants to get the book as factually correct as she could.

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by Rose Carlyle

Twin sisters Iris and Summer are startlingly alike, but beyond what the eye can see lies a darkness that sets them apart. Who can you trust?

Absolutely nobody!

More info page 22.

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by Colleen Brown

1915 Violet is eight years old, living in Southland, when a Red Cross worker asks her class to contribute something for the soldiers serving overseas. Violet knits a scarf and an amazing tale unfolds More info page 22.

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