Monique Roffey: The Mermaid of Black Conch: A novel from the Vintage Earth collection [2022] paperback GRAPH As Molly and the children

As Molly and the children listen to carolers in the street

and murder

exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade - whether promiscuity

bitter rivalries

Monique Roffey: The Mermaid of Black Conch: A novel from the Vintage Earth collection [2022] paperback GRAPH As Molly and the childrenEscape to the ocean with the entrancing, unforgettable winner of the Costa Book of the Year as read on BBC Radio 4. On a quiet day, near the Caribbean island of Black Conch, a mermaid raises her barnacled head from the flat grey sea. She is attracted by David, a fisherman waiting for a catch, singing to himself with his guitar. Aycayia the mermaid has been living in the vast ocean all alone for centuries. When Aycayia is caught and dragged ashore by