All the Blood is Red
Published on 14. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-571-39167-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Noisy, sexy, profusely inventive.' DAILY MAIL
'Sensitive and skilful . . . deeply emotive.' PRIDE MAGAZINE
Discover this powerful, provocative novel about three young women whose lives are upended by an assault case.
1996, London. Nicola, tall and gorgeous, has re-birthed herself. She has landed a breakthrough role and her star is rising - she can feel herself blossoming, can see it in the melting eyes of the men, and the jealous eyes of the women.
If Nicola is a flower, Alexandra is a closed bud. Crushed by heartache from a recent breakup, she just wants to succeed as a journalist.
Jeanette has just landed from Manchester. She refuses to let her mother's warnings about London or her Doc Martens weigh her down: she's ready for uni - for life - to start.
This is the story of three women - and the mysterious Mavis - as they reach for dreams the whole world seems to want to destroy. But when sexual assault ruptures their world view, they soon discover that those who wear the cloak of friendship - family, community, lovers, peers - often cause the greatest pain.
Readers adored All the Blood is Red:
????? 'A stunning book . . . it's about victory, even when it doesn't look the way we thought it would. Ross has a powerful writer's voice.'
????? 'I was hooked from start to finish . . . marvelling at how she wrote these four distinct women who were joined by threads of vulnerability and strength.'
????? 'What a gut wrenching read. I couldn't put it down.'
'Sensitive and skilful . . . deeply emotive.' PRIDE MAGAZINE
Discover this powerful, provocative novel about three young women whose lives are upended by an assault case.
1996, London. Nicola, tall and gorgeous, has re-birthed herself. She has landed a breakthrough role and her star is rising - she can feel herself blossoming, can see it in the melting eyes of the men, and the jealous eyes of the women.
If Nicola is a flower, Alexandra is a closed bud. Crushed by heartache from a recent breakup, she just wants to succeed as a journalist.
Jeanette has just landed from Manchester. She refuses to let her mother's warnings about London or her Doc Martens weigh her down: she's ready for uni - for life - to start.
This is the story of three women - and the mysterious Mavis - as they reach for dreams the whole world seems to want to destroy. But when sexual assault ruptures their world view, they soon discover that those who wear the cloak of friendship - family, community, lovers, peers - often cause the greatest pain.
Readers adored All the Blood is Red:
????? 'A stunning book . . . it's about victory, even when it doesn't look the way we thought it would. Ross has a powerful writer's voice.'
????? 'I was hooked from start to finish . . . marvelling at how she wrote these four distinct women who were joined by threads of vulnerability and strength.'
????? 'What a gut wrenching read. I couldn't put it down.'
Reviews / Votes
'Noisy, sexy, profusely inventive, Ross's storytelling crashes over the reader like an invigorating ocean wave.' DAILY MAIL'Sensitive and skilful . . . deeply emotive.' PRIDE MAGAZINE
Readers love All the Blood is Red:
'A stunning book . . . it's about victory, even when it doesn't look the way we thought it would. Ross has a powerful writer's voice.'
'I was hooked from start to finish . . . marvelling at how she wrote these four distinct women who were joined by threads of vulnerability and strength.'
More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
black/white
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
278 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-39167-7 (9780571391677)
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Person
Leone Ross was born in England and grew up in Jamaica. Her first novel, All the Blood Is Red, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and her second novel, Orange Laughter, was chosen as a BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour Watershed Fiction favourite. Her short fiction has been widely anthologised and her first short-story collection, Come Let Us Sing Anyway was nominated for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Saboteur Awards and the OCM BOCAS Prize. Ross has taught creative writing for twenty years, at University College Dublin, Cardiff University and Roehampton University in London. She is editor of Glimpse - the first Black British anthology of speculative fiction. Prior to writing fiction, Ross worked as a journalist. She lives in London but intends to retire near water.