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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 industry to complete an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town. The Good Cemetery Guide, now in its second edition, was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize and the Olive Schreiner Award, and was selected by readers as one of the Centre for the Book's 30 "must-read" South African books of 2007. Her crime fiction Daughters of Limbo trilogy is published by Catalyst Press. The first book, The Awakening of Paola Dante, will be published in October 2026. She lives with her husband and a menagerie of almost tame pets in a coastal village.