Lyrical, lush and haunting, the prose shimmers in this nuanced debut, set primarily in the US Virgin Islands. Part oral history, part postcolonial narrative, HOW TO ESCAPE FROM A LEPER COLONY is ultimately a lovely portrait of a wholly...

A Girl. A Deserter. An Island full of Spies. At the height of the Great War in 1916, Abigail Maduro arrives in the Danish West Indies to live with her Aunt Esther, a bad tempered spinster, and her houseful...

Irene Steele’s life is idyllic, until it is rocked by a late-night phone call that brings news of her husband’s sudden death. Even in the midst of her crippling grief, Irene cannot get one question out of her head:...

A well-known criminal lawyer is found dead in a back alley in St. Thomas, and Cindy and Mattheus are called in to investigate by the grieving widow. The local police have pinned her for the murder, and Cindy and...

Rine Tyler is loving life and what’s not to love? Her life is filled with beaches, bars, and backgammon – until she meets him. Living in the Virgin Islands, surrounded by gorgeous beaches, a steady stream of male companionship,...

Elizabeth Sunderland—a forty-three-year-old wife and mother of two teenagers—is the oldest of five children in a blended family that never quite blended. The only thing that has held them together is the iron will of their wealthy parents: Benjamin...

Crucian Fusion is a collection of fact and fiction that speaks to the rich history as well as present day St Croix, the largest of the US Virgin Islands. It is a book to be dipped into – over...

The Danish-owned island of St Croix vibrates with passion and tension as Anna Clausen, a young Anglo-Danish woman returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death. Her heart sinks at what she finds on arrival. The unwelcome lust...

Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 12-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She’s hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the...

Transfer traces the lives of those on Anna’s Fancy, the Clausen estate on St Croix, handed down through three generations. Transfer sees Niels Clausen, the illegitimate child of a Danish landowner and his black mistress who both died as...