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Pub Date 6 Jan 2026 | Archive Date 15 Mar 2026

Holly Watson | Renard Press/Hay Press


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Description

Where Snowbirds Play was chosen for the Daily Mail's Best Literary Fiction Out Now.

"The glossily privileged milieu is sharply drawn... The author’s own backstory here is every bit a match for her exotic plot, and in part its inspiration." -The Daily Mail

"Goldhammer’s thriller presents a tale of deception and heartbreak amid an environmental crisis... A page-turner that reveals darkness in the Sunshine State." -Kirkus Review

Was it pure chance that he had run into her so soon? Philip had never believed in destiny, and his father had believed in nothing but his own genius. And yet…

From the moment recent Oxford graduate Philip takes the helm of a new marine life institute in Palm Beach, his presence revives old feuds and sparks rivalries among the wealthy resident snowbirds, many of whom have invested heavily in a biotech company soon to be exposed for insider trading. It quickly becomes clear that Philip's quest for atonement on the behalf of his father will embroil many of the community's most prominent members.

Interwoven with snippets of real-life drama from an insider-trading scandal, Where Snowbirds Play paints a compelling portrait of the lives of the privileged, and what happens when their world is turned upside down.

Where Snowbirds Play was chosen for the Daily Mail's Best Literary Fiction Out Now.

"The glossily privileged milieu is sharply drawn... The author’s own backstory here is every bit a match for her...


Advance Praise

"Goldhammer’s thriller presents a tale of deception and heartbreak amid an environmental crisis... A page-turner that reveals darkness in the Sunshine State." -Kirkus Review

Where Snowbirds Play was chosen for the Daily Mail's Best Literary Fiction Out Now.

"The glossily privileged milieu is sharply drawn... The author’s own backstory here is every bit a match for her exotic plot, and in part its inspiration. " -Stephanie Cross, Daily Mail

​Where Snowbirds Play was selected as Saga Magazine's Novel of the Month for July

"Goldhammer transports us from Highgate to a Palm Beach awash with money (some of it dodgy), where fearsome, rivalrous matriarchs rule the roost. A sharp, often funny, affecting debut." -Saga

'[An] expansive and fascinating novel… a riveting behind-the-scenes window into a world of privilege but also a cri-de-cœur for the damage we are wreaking on our world.'

-Maggie Brookes, author of The Prisoner’s Wife and Acts of Love and War


"Goldhammer’s thriller presents a tale of deception and heartbreak amid an environmental crisis... A page-turner that reveals darkness in the Sunshine State." -Kirkus Review

Where Snowbirds Play was...


Available Editions

EDITION Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN 9781804471890
PRICE US$17.99 (USD)
DURATION 9 Hours, 20 Minutes

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