The Grip of the Past

Rosie Walsh

"For lovers of the sea, love, mystery, and thrill... Emma is a marine biologist and a TV presenter. Her husband, Leo, writes pre-written obituaries. They live in a small house with their daughter, Ruby, and their dog, John Keats. Emma and Leo have been through many difficult experiences together; from their inability to conceive for three years and their reliance on IVF, to Emma's cancer diagnosis and Leo's need to prepare a backup obituary for her. But it later turns out that these problems were just a drop in the ocean in which this small family is drowning, with a wife who piles secrets in her heart – and her phone – just as she piles things in the dining room.

Between a man who discovers he knows nothing about his wife, and a woman who struggles between a painful past that continues to invade a reality she has always dreamed of, there is a tumultuous love story in waves that are only broken by rocks to return them to their home stronger afterward, surrounded by many puzzles, mystery, and challenge, and immersed in a constant test of trust.

A British writer who worked in documentary film production. She published several romantic comedy novels under the pseudonym Lucy Robinson, before adopting her real name in 2018, in the novel "The Man Who Didn’t Call" (published by Novel in Arabic under the title "Then He Disappeared" (2020)).

"This book combines the thrilling pace of psychological novels with the deep emotional upheavals of a love story that takes an unexpected turn" — People Magazine, Book of the Week"