Edge of Eden

In 1960 when her husband Rupert a British diplomat is posted to the remote Seychelle Islands in the Indian Ocean Penelope is less than thrilled. But she never imagined the danger that awaited her family there. Her sun-kissed children run barefoot on the beach and become enraptured by the ancient magic or grigri in the tropical colonial outpost. Rupert meanwhile falls under the spell of a local beauty who won’t stop until she gets what she wants. Desperate to save her marriage Penelope turns to black magic exposing her family to the island’s sinister underbelly. Ultimately Penny and her family suffer unimaginable casualties rendering their lives profoundly and forever changed. Helen Benedict’s acerbic wit and lush descriptions serve up a page-turner brimming with jealousy sex and witchcraft in a darkly exotic Eden.