**WINNER OF THE PRECIOUS LIFESTYLE MUST READ OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018**

‘This will creep its way under your skin and stay there long after you finish the final few gut-twisting chapters. Brilliant’ Heat
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Brighton Beach, 1993

Teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman and when no one comes to claim her, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid. Nell is still struggling to move on when, three weeks later, Jude disappears.

Twenty-five years on, Nell is forced to quit her job to find out who the Brighton Mermaid really was – and what happened to her best friend that summer.

But as Nell edges closer to the truth, dangerous things start to happen. Someone seems to be watching her every move, and soon she starts to wonder who in her life she can actually trust…

Fast-paced and thrilling, The Brighton Mermaid explores the deadly secrets of those closest to you.

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‘Another brilliant, suspenseful read from a master storyteller’ (Candis)

‘With a cracking plot to boot – this brilliant read will hook you from the start’ (Fabulous magazine)

‘This will creep its way under your skin and stay there long after you finish the final few gut-twisting chapters. Brilliant’ (Heat)

‘Tense and emotional’ (My Weekly)

‘Thrilling!’ (Take A Break)

‘Koomson is the queen of the big reveal, and takes her time slowly building the tension in this truly gripping read’ (The Sun)

‘Has all the classic elements of the big beach novel. It adds extra depths to the whodunit in terms of characterisation and emotional impact, and races to a conclusion that had me turning the pages as if they were on fire’ (Viva magazine)

‘A hot read’ (Woman magazine)

‘Just when you think you know what happened and you have your suspects a turn of the page will prove you wrong. This novel is fast paced and a great read’ (Woman’s Way)
‘The novel simmers with tension and an undercurrent of darkness’ (Daily Express)

‘The Brighton Mermaid is a breathtakingly brilliant, twisty belter of a book and you need to read it!’ (Miranda Dickinson, author of Somewhere Beyond The Sea)

‘Fast-paced, dark and simmering – can’t recommend this novel enough.’ (Caroline Smailes, author ofThe Drowning of Arthur Braxton)

Koomson’s characters are perfectly formed yet flawed, showing acute insight into the human psyche. Thanks to their depth and intricately woven, ever changing relationships, the novel simmers with tension and an undercurrent of darkness * Daily Express *
The novel simmers with tension and an undercurrent of darkness * Daily Express *
Tense and emotional * My Weekly *
This will creep its way under your skin and stay there long after you finish the final gut-twisting chapters. Brilliant. * Heat *
Another brilliant, suspenseful read from a master storyteller. * Candis *
Has all the classic elements of the big beach novel. It adds extra depths to the whodunit in terms of characterisation and emotional impact, and races to a conclusion that had me turning the pages as if they were on fire * Viva magazine *
I found the book a slow starter but it became an exciting thriller. Just when you think you know what happened and you have your suspects a turn of the page will prove you wrong. This novel is fast paced and a great read * Woman's Way *
Thrilling * Take a Break *
You’ll be racing to reach the end * S Magazine *
Koomson is the queen of the big reveal, and takes her time slowly building the tension in this truly gripping read * Sun *

Dorothy Koomson is the award-winning author of 14 novels including more than 12 Sunday Times bestsellers. Her books have been translated into more than 30 languages and she continues to be a method writer whenever possible. She wrote The Brighton Mermaid in part as a love letter to the place she’s called home for more than ten years. And she hopes you enjoy it.

Dorothy Koomson in order: The Cupid Effect, The Chocolate Run, My Best Friend’s Girl, Marshmallows for Breakfast, Goodnight, Beautiful, The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before, The Rose Petal Beach, The Flavours of Love, That Girl From Nowhere, When I Was Invisible, The Friend, The Beach Wedding, The Brighton Mermaid.