“Marie Cadieux is so vividly imagined that I’m already excited for her next adventure! Gripping, skilfully evoked, beautifully written. Strongly recommend.”

Caroline Cauchi - Author

“They don’t call it the fever coast for nothing. People go there, and they die.”

- Marie Cadieux

Artist. Rookie. Spy. Meet Marie Cadieux.

New York, 1886. Marie Cadieux’s suffragette sister is missing. But when she meets agent Charlie Blaine and NYPD officer Joe Petrosino, the search for her sister uncovers a conspiracy that strikes at liberty itself.

With the threat of anarchy rising on the streets of New York City, Marie Cadieux undertakes her first mission where lines blur between friend and foe.

In search of answers, Marie, Charlie and Joe prepare to defend liberty at all costs.

Artist. Saboteur. Spy.

Book cover of Marie Cadieux and the Fever Coast. Marie is stod with a machete and a revolver.

1889. Marie Cadieux has grown accustomed to life as an artist in Parisian high society. But the U.S. government expects more from their sleeper agent. They want the Panama Canal.

When a murder leads to plans capable of saving the flawed canal construction, Marie’s status changes to active.

Now, her only chance of freedom from a life of spying lies in the jungle on the other side of the world. Can Marie sabotage the building of the Panama Canal and evade two rival detectives seeking justice? Maybe… But only if she can survive, The Fever Coast.

David Gennard’s historical adventure-thriller is a page-turning debut you won’t want to miss.

  • “I can’t wait for the next one, please, please, please write some more so we can find out what Marie gets up to next! This would make such a great film.”

    Ash H - Amazon Customer

  • “A wonderful read. Marie Cadieux is so vividly imagined that I’m already excited for her next adventure! Gripping, skilfully evoked, beautifully written. Strongly recommend.”

    Caroline Cauchi - Author

  • "Along with Marie, I felt the heat of the jungle and the panic of the chase. I love it when a writer can give you that feeling and I felt it with Marie Cadieux and the Fever Coast. It reads like a movie."

    L J Bentley - Book Reviewer

  • "I absolutely loved every second of Fever Coast and am now a little bit in love with Marie Cadieux. This surely has to be made into a film and I cannot wait until the next instalment."

    Si - Amazon Reader

  • "The descriptions hook you to the page, and the visceral parts pull you in even more."

    Janete Cabral Jackson - writer

Roots trip Marie. Massive tree trunks block her way, and the bark grazes her. Twigs scratch her. The mud sucks at her feet or sends her slipping and sliding into stems that slap her. Thin, barbed tendrils are tangled and entwined like fishing nets across her path. She believes the jungle wants to hold them until they decompose into nutrients in the soil the trees can feed off.