Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.

‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN
‘Beautiful and important’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR

Early one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island.

As the days pass, this shocking event draws together four women. There’s Sharleen, a journalist with an eye for the real story. Her childhood friend Tara, a pink-haired, straight-talking local activist. Gigi, the ‘notorious’ founder of the Port Isabella Sex Workers Collective. And Daisy, first lady of St Colibri, who is haunted by a disappearance in her own family decades ago.

In a community in which women’s voices are often silenced and violence against them is overlooked time after time, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage…

‘Roffey’s world-building power is evident on every page’
GUARDIAN

‘Will keep you reading all hours... unforgettable’
GLAMOUR

‘Sensual, ferocious… If The White Lotus were a modern feminist thriller, this would be it’
LALINE PAULL

‘The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing… Electrifying’
JASON ALLEN-PAISANT

‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny’
DIANA EVANS

READERS LOVE PASSIONTIDE
‘This was fantastic… five stars’
‘Exhilarating… it's a blast, with sharp, smart humour’
‘A powerful book… really moving’
‘Filled with anger, unity and love’
‘What an amazing book this is… This story will stay with me for a very long time’
‘Moving and gripping’
‘A must-read’
‘I loved this book’

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

"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 feminist fable… The larger-than-life characters and at times ribald humour turn what could be a polemic into an exhilarating fantasy… Eventually, as befits a novel set during Passiontide – the final two weeks of Lent – redemption comes through repentance and love" - Times Literary Supplement

"An urgent novel… The murder of a Japanese tourist on a fictional Caribbean island sparks a rebellion among the local women… [A] well-told tale of a feminist uprising" - Observer

"A bold and audacious feminist revenge fantasy… Passiontide is simultaneously delicious and devastating in its premise… Roffey juxtaposes her typically provocative, astute and unsettling observations with humour and compassion" - Trinidad Express

"Monique Roffey’s passions and beliefs shine through everything she writes… She’s an irresistible storyteller with a poetic touch; the fire in her belly comes with strong narrative architecture and beautiful language" - Perspective