Today's Book Spotlight is on Isobel Blackthorn's Lanzarote based thriller, A Matter of Latitude.
From the acclaimed author of The Drago Tree comes a riveting
thriller about survival, revenge and long-hidden secrets.
When local Lanzarote anti-corruption activist, Celestino, is
T-boned on a lonely stretch of road, he knows the collision was no accident.
Wounded and fearing for his life, he hides in an abandoned
fishing village, waiting for a chance to make it home. Meanwhile his wife,
English expat Paula, is distraught. Her pursuit of answers is deflected when
her neighbor, troublesome retiree Shirley Mobad, co-opts Paula on her escapades
around the Canary Islands.
Paula’s search for her husband quickly descends into mayhem,
danger and intrigue. Before long, she realizes she’s being followed. She needs
answers, and fast.
But where is Celestino, and will he ever make it back alive?
"A Matter of Latitude simmers with danger, betrayal and
treachery, drawing the reader into the island’s history of shady dealings and
uneasy relationships between natives, tourists and expats... Isobel Blackthorn
has crafted an atmospheric and setting-rich novel with alluring lyrical
style." – Sandi Wallace, award-winning crime fiction author.
About the Author
Isobel Blackthorn is a prolific novelist of original
fiction across a range of genres, including psychological thrillers, gripping
mysteries, captivating travel fiction and hilarious dark satire.
Isobel holds a PhD in Western Esotericism for her
ground-breaking study of the texts of Theosophist Alice A. Bailey. Her
engagement with Alice Bailey's life and works has culminated in the
biographical novel, The Unlikely Occultist.
Isobel carries a lifelong passion for the Canary Islands,
Spain, her former home. Many of her novels are set on the islands, including
The Drago Tree, which was released in 2015 and is now in Spanish translation,
Clarissa's Warning and A Matter of Latitude. These novels are setting rich and
fall into the broad genre of travel fiction, and the novels are as much stories
about the islands themselves as they are straight-ahead entertainment.
Isobel has led a rich and interesting life and her stories
are as diverse as her experiences, the highs and lows, and the dramas. Some of
her writing is dark, like the psychological thriller, Twerk, which is based on
six years of research and first-hand accounts of dancers working in what are
euphemistically called gentlemen's clubs.
A life-long campaigner for social justice, Isobel has
written, protested and leant her weight to a range of issues including family
violence. A Londoner originally, Isobel currently lives near Melbourne,
Australia.
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