Cut Adrift by Jane Jesmond (Verve Books) 4 stars
Publication date UK 28/2/23 book 344 pages I would like to thank the author, publishers and Netgalley for allowing me to pick this to read and review. all my reviews are honest. Synopsis * selected as THE TIMES & THE SUNDAY TIMES Book of the Month ** Risk everything, trust no one. Jen Shaw is climbing in the mountains near Alajar, Spain. And it's nothing to do with the fact that an old acquaintance suggested that she meet him there... But when things don't go as planned and her brother calls to voice concerns over the whereabouts of their mother, Morwenna, Jen finds herself travelling to a refugee camp on the south coast of Malta. Free-spirited and unpredictable as ever, Morwenna is working with a small NGO, helping her Libyan friend, Nahla, seek asylum for her family. Jen is instantly out of her depth, surrounded by stories of unimaginable suffering and increasing tensions within the camp. Within hours of Jen's arrival, Nahla is killed in suspicious circumstances, a...