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Tuesday 12 November 2013

'Narrative, characterisation and careful plotting'

Blood of the Dragon Trees has received a good 4-star review on Goodreads by Michael Parker, author of The Boy from Berlin; he has just sold his ninth book Past Imperfect to Robert Hale (please visit his website http://www.michaeljparker.com )

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Visitors to Tenerife will recognise the beauty of the island in Nik Morton's evocative descriptions of what the island has to offer to the tourist, but few, if any, will recognise the darker side so vividly portrayed in this novel.

No doubt the fiction is inspired by Morton's ability as a thriller writer, and not something that he has uncovered by stealth.

It is a fact that immigrants head for the Canary Islands from Africa, but here Morton has added spice to the tragedies that often unfold through people trafficking.

In Blood of the Dragon Trees, Morton puts his main character, Laura Reid, in mortal danger simply because she has unwittingly placed herself in a new teaching job with a family involved in the dark arts of people smuggling and trading in endangered species. She finds herself drawn to Felipe, the brother of her employer, but Felipe's girlfriend, Lola, turns out to be something other than a girlfriend scorned.

Piling into this conspiracy of thieves and murderers is Andrew Kirby who is attracted to Laura for reasons other than just wanting her to help him in his pursuit of the villains. Along with the local police and the Guardia Civil, Laura and Andrew find themselves hounded by the criminals where their lives are in danger.

Nik Morton takes the story along at a fine pace, and readers of his past novels will not be disappointed in his narrative, his characterisation and careful plotting.
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Thank you, Michael Parker!
 
 
 
 
 
Amazon.co.UK - http://goo.gl/fsLk3X
Amazon.COM - http://goo.gl/wHQpQp
Due for release on November 29th
Spanish Eye, 22 cases from Leon Cazador, private eye,
to be published by Crooked Cat.
 

 

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