Not a pretty sight. Certainly not one the authorities on Mauritius, that gem of a tourist destination in a trio of idyllic islands once known as the Mascarenes, would like to become public knowledge. Their carefully nurtured image was of sparkling blue sea, emerald green palm fringes haphazardly angled along pure white beaches, gentle winds whispering through the casuarinas under an azure sky. This was ugly, messy.
When journalist Holly Jones arrives in Mauritius to cover millionaire adventurer Connor Maguire's search for buried ancestral treasure, it promises to be two weeks in an exotic island paradise ... and a chance to start piecing together a broken heart. What she hasn't planned on is an infuriating, reluctant subject with a hidden agenda. Or one who manages to break down her carefully constructed barriers and awaken long-forgotten desires.
After the body of a young woman is washed up on a beach, Holly finds herself embroiled in an unsolved murder case and the idyllic island's darkest secrets. Passionate, intriguing and compelling, The Forgotten Sea is Beverley Harper at her best yet. Beverley Harper was born in Bulli, NSW. She worked for a Sydney advertising agency and, at one stage, handled the South African Airways account which fostered her interest in Africa. Intending to stay one year, Beverley travelled to that continent and spent the next twenty years there. She met and married her Scottish husband, Robert, in South Africa and they have three sons, one of whom now lives in Botswana. Beverley returns to Africa once a year for research and to 'top up her soul'. She and Robert now call the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales home.
