Have you ever felt like starting again?

Quitting your 9-to-5, skipping town and escaping to the desert island of your dreams?

Well, that's exactly what Jane, Phil and their three kids did

when they traded their English home for a tropical island

they bought online at a bargain price.

But soon they all discover that Paradise has its secrets.

Because the locals claim the island belongs to them.

And they say it's been sold illegally.

I'm Alice Levine and from Wondry, this is the price of Paradise the real life story of an island dream that turns into a living nightmare

one which ends in kidnap corruption and murder in Kidnap, Corruption and Murder.

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or on Apple Podcasts. Midnight in Paradise in Paradise,

Endless Stars and Hot humid nights. A remote island off the coast of Nicaragua,

an island that's been home to an English family from Hampshire

for the past seven months.

And for Jane Gaskin, this island has become her dream, her destiny.

There's no going back, she says, even if it all goes wrong and they end up penniless.

But now, as Jane looks at her three children and her partner Phil, it's clear that something has gone terribly, terribly wrong.

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