Lucy Clarke
First published February 27, 2025
About.
High on the wave-pounded cliffs, far from the bustling souks of Marrakech, sits The Surf House.
A hidden gem on Morocco’s shores, the house is a sanctuary for the surfers, travellers and dreamers who wash in.
But the idyll is built on something rotten.
And when Bea arrives, relieved to find refuge after a dangerous encounter in a Marrakech alleyway, she soon gets caught in the swell of a deep, dark mystery.
Because another young woman went missing one year ago – and the last place she was sighted was The Surf House.
My Review:
Lucy Clarke is one of my all time favourite authors.
Set in Morocco, you can feel the tension as Bea throws caution to the wind, destroys a design dress and steps away from her lucrative modelling career. Feeling stifled by the constant demands from her uncaring mother, modelling agencies and photographers, the oppressive heat finally cracks and Bea walks into a fountain in an expensive designer gown to cool down.
The start of a roller coaster through the streets of Marrakech to finding solace in the Surf house where she discovers the addiction and freeing feeling of leaning to surf, finding friends who become the loving family she’s craving.
But the arrival of Seth looking for his sister Savannah starts a snowball of events Bea cannot stop until she knows the truth. When all Bea really wanted was for someone to love her.
I did work out most of the ending about third through this, not being really sure Momo was the evil cop Marine made him out to be
