About the Author

Monique Roffey was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and lives in London. She is the author of seven novels and a memoir. The Mermaid of Black Conch won the Costa Book of the Year and the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize. Her other highly acclaimed books include Archipelago, which won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle and House of Ashes. In addition to her work as an environmental activist, she is a professor of contemporary fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Reviews

Passiontide is a bold rallying cry of a novel. Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it
*SARAH WINMAN, author of Still Life*

Roffey’s world-building power is evident on every page… It dramatises a full-throated campaign for change
*Guardian*

A sensual, ferocious subversion of the island police-procedural. If The White Lotus were a modern feminist thriller, this would be it... A grown-up treat and cri de cœur for a better world
*LALINE PAULL, author of The Bees and Pod*

Beautiful and important. Passiontide is a resounding testament to the rebellious spirit and bravery of Caribbean women
*SAFIYA SINCLAIR, author of How to Say Babylon*

A tour de force Caribbean novel of female revolution that will keep you reading all hours… A compelling and unforgettable read
*Glamour, Best Books of June*

Passiontide imagines a feminist reckoning in the wake of one woman’s murder on the fictional Caribbean island of St Colibri... Roffey masters the building sense of tension and scale as the women’s protest gathers strength
*SERVICE95*

Powerful and devastating
*Stylist*

Compelling… Passiontide is suspense-filled, and simmering with anger
*Mail on Sunday*

A vital novel…fiery, funny and ferociously feminist
*DIANA EVANS, author of Ordinary People*

Monique Roffey is a trailblazer of Caribbean literature… Passiontide is a reckoning, a protest, and a prayer
*BREANNE MC IVOR, author of The God of Good Looks*