The year is 2005, the main character is Julie
Welch, who loves her husband, her children and her job, but the routine of
daily life can drive her nuts. She relies on the annual get-away with her
sister Faye for a chance to recharge. Between Faye’s relocation to New York and
the prohibition on travel after 9/11, they haven’t been able to take a trip for
a few years. But now they are off to Morocco, a country new to both of them.
They speak French fluently because their paternal family did, so language is
not a complete barrier.
Their arrival in the country got off to a bad
start when police stopped them and searched their car and their luggage for no clear
reason. Now a day later Faye has gone for a walk and has not returned. Julie’s
alarm is somewhat allayed by a message left at the front desk for her in Faye’s
handwriting that Faye would return in two days. When the two days lapse with no
sign of Faye, Julie talks to an unhelpful U.S. Embassy representative, calls
Faye’s husband in New York, and begins tracing her sister.
Following in Faye’s footsteps as nearly as
possible out of the city into the desert, Julie finds her when she’s captured
by the Moroccan Army and thrown into a prison cell, where Faye has been for
several days.
Julie’s search for Faye in a strange country and the Moroccan authorities’ inexplicable interest in them make for an absorbing tense read. A well-constructed tale of resourceful women who learn what they can do when they are backed into an inescapable corner. Authentic details create a great setting during a time of heightened international intrigue; Spring knows Morocco and its people. Recommended.
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Publisher: Oceanview
Publishing (May 3, 2022)
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Language: English
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Hardcover: 336 pages
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ISBN-10: 160809488X
· ISBN-13: 978-1608094882
Aubrey Nye Hamilton ©2023
Aubrey Hamilton is a former librarian who works
on Federal It projects by day and reads mysteries at night.
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