Bay of Plenty

<p>A journalist risks everything to solve two crimes decades apart set against the lush greenery and golden sands of a small beach town. With escalating danger a slow-burn romance and a touch of humor this twisty read is BIG LITTLE LIES meets THE DRY-ideal for fans of Tana French Jane Harper and Liane Moriarty.</p><p></p><p>What happens when the past resurfaces ... twenty years later?</p><p></p><p>On a hot summer night fourteen-year-old Isla Joyson's best friend vanishes from a beach cliff. The local police chief rules it a suicide but Isla suspects otherwise-and is mercilessly bullied for speaking out.</p><p></p><p>Twenty years later Isla's once-brilliant career as an investigative journalist lies in ruins.</p><p></p><p>Desperate for redemption she seizes a lead from an undercover cop about a dangerous drug ring ensnaring her parents. With the cop posing as her boyfriend Isla returns home to save her family reclaim her career and face the ghosts of her past.</p><p></p><p>But as the investigation deepens and the relationship with her fake boyfriend starts to feel very real Isla discovers a chilling link between the drug ring and her friend's disappearance. Now it's not just her reputation on the line-it's her life.</p>