The White Pearl is a 2011 novel by Kate Furnivall set during the Japanese occupation of Malaya in the early 1940s.

The killed woman is the mother of teenage twins, Maya and Razak, and Hadley endeavours to meet with the pair after a troubling guilt affects her already fragile marriage to Nigel.

It is December 1941 and, following their attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces are seeking to occupy Malaya.

Connie subsequently struggles for survival with her family as, along with numerous other passengers the couple have assisted to flee, they seek shelter on an island after Singapore also loses its status as an option for safety.

[1][2] Kirkus Reviews and the Lytham St Annes Express gave a positive review for the book, with Kirkus calling the book a "ripping yarn".