A Prison in the Sun
After millennial ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse.
Instead, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to - and should he hand it in... or keep it?
Struggling to make up his mind, Trevor unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.
THOUGHTS/REVIEW:
This was an amazing story that was part historical fiction, part mystery and suspense, as well as, part literary fiction that was a Smorgasbord full of thrilling surprises. The story began with Trevor, a ghost writer with dreams and hopes of authoring his own book one day, planned to spend the next three months in the Canary Islands, Fuerteventura. Trevor was a very interesting character that you will get to know well seeing that the story was told in his point of view. While there to write his next best seller, a few strange things happen. First, he found a Franco era imprisonment/concentration camp for gay men from the 50’s, and secondly, he discovered a rucksack in a smuggler’s cave filled with substantial amount of cash and a journal from a prisoner named Jose from the concentration camp. This was a true atmospheric mystery that will have you rubbing your head on the whodunnit since our protagonist seemed to be getting deeper and deeper into trouble.
Isobel Blackthorn is a brilliant writer that delivered an amazing and complex story line with a twist that had my mind blow to pieces with the masterfully written conclusion. Blackthorn brought me into the story line where I was also beaten down by the heat of the sun and perspiring to know what happens next as I sweat to turn the next pages. The two distinct story lines with Trevor and Jose had some parallel themes running through that was created so intricately that I enjoyed reading about. This read was absolutely beautiful, compelling and deep.
I highly recommend this read and bravo to Blackthorn for a great storytelling! Well done!
Purchase Link: http://mybook.to/prisonsun
Author Bio – Isobel Blackthorn is an award-winning author of unique and engaging fiction. She writes dark psychological thrillers, mysteries, and contemporary and literary fiction. Isobel was shortlisted for the Ada Cambridge Prose Prize 2019 for her biographical short story, ‘Nothing to Declare’. The Legacy of Old Gran Parks is the winner of the Raven Awards 2019. Isobel holds a PhD from the University of Western Sydney, for her research on the works of Theosophist Alice A. Bailey, the ‘Mother of the New Age.’ She is the author of The Unlikely Occultist: a biographical novel of Alice A. Bailey.
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