Jo Morey – författare

**DIVE INTO THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER** A captivating novel set against the wild of the Belize jungle – where danger pulses both outside and inside the door… ‘Luscious … It’s hard to believe this accomplished piece of crime fiction is Morey’s debut’ THE TIMES, book of the month pick'Beautiful, compelling, visceral' LUCY CLARKE‘A captivating debut’ JULIE OWEN MOYLAN'Secrets reveal themselves like snakes winding through the foliage' VASEEM KHAN––––––––– It's a liar's paradise Wittering Lodge, Stann Creek, Belize In the dead of night, lying in her father’s jungle lodge, Laelia watches her partner Aid sleeping – her mind racing with everything that’s brought her to this moment.The heady Caribbean holiday when they first met.The rum-fueled passion that, day by day, creeps into something darker.The secrets she discovered in a hidden nook of the lodge, revealing a devastating past.Above all, she thinks about the impossible decision she must make before dawn.Does she stay silent and protect their newfound paradise? Or does she confront the lies which run as deep and dark as the lagoon – surfacing a dangerous truth from which there’s no return… A transporting book club novel with the pulse of a thriller, The Night Lagoon is about the secrets and lies that simmer just beneath the surface of paradise. 'Morey’s wonderful debut is arresting from the first and will keep readers guessing until the dynamite conclusion. Fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins will flock' LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review

**DIVE INTO THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER** A captivating novel set against the wild of the Belize jungle – where danger pulses both outside and inside the door… ‘Luscious … It’s hard to believe this accomplished piece of crime fiction is Morey’s debut’ THE TIMES, book of the month pick'Beautiful, compelling, visceral' LUCY CLARKE‘A captivating debut’ JULIE OWEN MOYLAN'Secrets reveal themselves like snakes winding through the foliage' VASEEM KHAN––––––––– It's a liar's paradise Wittering Lodge, Stann Creek, Belize In the dead of night, lying in her father’s jungle lodge, Laelia watches her partner Aid sleeping – her mind racing with everything that’s brought her to this moment.The heady Caribbean holiday when they first met.The rum-fueled passion that, day by day, creeps into something darker.The secrets she discovered in a hidden nook of the lodge, revealing a devastating past.Above all, she thinks about the impossible decision she must make before dawn.Does she stay silent and protect their newfound paradise? Or does she confront the lies which run as deep and dark as the lagoon – surfacing a dangerous truth from which there’s no return… A transporting book club novel with the pulse of a thriller, The Night Lagoon is about the secrets and lies that simmer just beneath the surface of paradise. 'Morey’s wonderful debut is arresting from the first and will keep readers guessing until the dynamite conclusion. Fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins will flock' LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review

**DIVE INTO THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER** A captivating novel set against the wild of the Belize jungle – where danger pulses both outside and inside the door… ‘Luscious … It’s hard to believe this accomplished piece of crime fiction is Morey’s debut’ THE TIMES, book of the month pick'Beautiful, compelling, visceral' LUCY CLARKE‘A captivating debut’ JULIE OWEN MOYLAN'Secrets reveal themselves like snakes winding through the foliage' VASEEM KHAN––––––––– It's a liar's paradise Wittering Lodge, Stann Creek, Belize In the dead of night, lying in her father’s jungle lodge, Laelia watches her partner Aid sleeping – her mind racing with everything that’s brought her to this moment.The heady Caribbean holiday when they first met.The rum-fueled passion that, day by day, creeps into something darker.The secrets she discovered in a hidden nook of the lodge, revealing a devastating past.Above all, she thinks about the impossible decision she must make before dawn.Does she stay silent and protect their newfound paradise? Or does she confront the lies which run as deep and dark as the lagoon – surfacing a dangerous truth from which there’s no return… A transporting book club novel with the pulse of a thriller, The Night Lagoon is about the secrets and lies that simmer just beneath the surface of paradise. 'Morey’s wonderful debut is arresting from the first and will keep readers guessing until the dynamite conclusion. Fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins will flock' LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review

**DIVE INTO THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER**A captivating novel set against the wild of the Belize jungle - where danger pulses both outside and inside the door...'Luscious ... It's hard to believe this accomplished piece of crime fiction is Morey's debut' THE TIMES, book of the month pick'Beautiful, compelling, visceral' LUCY CLARKE'A captivating debut' JULIE OWEN MOYLAN'Secrets reveal themselves like snakes winding through the foliage' VASEEM KHAN---------It's a liar's paradiseWittering Lodge, Stann Creek, BelizeIn the dead of night, lying in her father's jungle lodge, Laelia watches her partner Aid sleeping - her mind racing with everything that's brought her to this moment.The heady Caribbean holiday when they first met.The rum-fueled passion that, day by day, creeps into something darker.The secrets she discovered in a hidden nook of the lodge, revealing a devastating past.Above all, she thinks about the impossible decision she must make before dawn.Does she stay silent and protect their newfound paradise? Or does she confront the lies which run as deep and dark as the lagoon - surfacing a dangerous truth from which there's no return...A transporting book club novel with the pulse of a thriller, The Night Lagoon is about the secrets and lies that simmer just beneath the surface of paradise.'Morey's wonderful debut is arresting from the first and will keep readers guessing until the dynamite conclusion. Fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins will flock' LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review

**DIVE INTO THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER** A captivating novel set against the wild of the Belize jungle – where danger pulses both outside and inside the door… ‘Luscious … It’s hard to believe this accomplished piece of crime fiction is Morey’s debut’ THE TIMES, book of the month pick'Beautiful, compelling, visceral' LUCY CLARKE‘A captivating debut’ JULIE OWEN MOYLAN'Secrets reveal themselves like snakes winding through the foliage' VASEEM KHAN––––––––– It's a liar's paradise Wittering Lodge, Stann Creek, Belize In the dead of night, lying in her father’s jungle lodge, Laelia watches her partner Aid sleeping – her mind racing with everything that’s brought her to this moment.The heady Caribbean holiday when they first met.The rum-fueled passion that, day by day, creeps into something darker.The secrets she discovered in a hidden nook of the lodge, revealing a devastating past.Above all, she thinks about the impossible decision she must make before dawn.Does she stay silent and protect their newfound paradise? Or does she confront the lies which run as deep and dark as the lagoon – surfacing a dangerous truth from which there’s no return… A transporting book club novel with the pulse of a thriller, The Night Lagoon is about the secrets and lies that simmer just beneath the surface of paradise. 'Morey’s wonderful debut is arresting from the first and will keep readers guessing until the dynamite conclusion. Fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins will flock' LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review

Welcome to Westmere Bay, where everyone’s got something to hide. When Cleo arrives in the isolated surfer town of Westmere, she’s looking for one thing – her missing friend, Eden. But the town is reeling after a giant whale washed up in the bay, and they don’t like strangers, especially not ones who ask too many questions.Cleo must navigate the town’s dark secrets – stolen ambergris, whispers of betrayal and adultery – as she tries to answer the biggest question of all… what happened to Eden, and does she even want to be found?Atmospheric and twisting, this exquisite thriller is about friendship, loyalty, grief and transformation. How do we navigate the strangest, most unknowable parts of our world? Which parts of us can change, and which can't?