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The Awakening of Paola Dante
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20 October 2026

The girl in the photograph gazes scornfully back at me. As if we know each other.
You knew, Daniel, and you left her there. What do you expect me to do?
Imagine a sun-drenched apartment filled with love and laughter. Then everything changes. When Paola Dante’s crime-writer husband, Daniel, goes missing “properly”, she embarks on a desperate search, hiring a private detective. Devastated by loss and sorrow, Paola throws the rulebook out the window. When the shocking truth is uncovered, Paola struggles to maintain her sanity, all while trying to outwit Daniel’s enemies and stay alive.
“A luxurious read filled with rich imagery, compelling revelations, and fully fleshed characters. I’m consistently blown away by Roland’s stunning craftsmanship.” — JONI RODGERS, NYT bestselling author
“One of the central themes is the husband with a secret life. Gillian Flynn subverted the trope nicely in Gone Girl, but Consuelo Roland is more subversive still in this teasing literary mystery.” — FIONA ZERBST
"A luxurious read filled with rich imagery, compelling revelations, and fully fleshed characters. I'm consistently blown away by Roland's stunning craftsmanship." — Joni Rodgers, NYT bestselling author
"One of the central themes of Lady Limbo is the husband with a secret life. Gillian Flynn subverted the trope nicely in Gone Girl, but Consuelo Roland is more subversive still in this teasing literary mystery, the first book in a projected trilogy." — Fiona Zerbst, LitNet
Consuelo Roland left the information technology business to complete an MA Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town. Her debut novel, The Good Cemetery Guide, was short-listed for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize. It was also selected via an e-mail poll of readers as one of 30 Centre for the Book's "must read" South African Books for 2007. She lives with her husband and son and a menagerie of pets.