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Getaway - Rod Humphris



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Description

"First you save my life, then you bring me here..."
Suzana Chesterfield, recently rescued from a gang of slave-traders by Simon Ellice, has come sailing with him to try to work out what to do with her life. And perhaps to find out whether the handsome, selfish, bastard should be part of it. They drop anchor in a perfect bay of pink granite rocks, glittering sand and azure water on the island of Cavello, in the Lavezzi Archipellago between Corsica and Sardinia, and are welcomed into to the warm southern hospitality of Andria Acquaviv and his family, who have the villa in the next bay.


Susie's heart is touched by Lesia, the little girl who plays with her dog in the sand and Lucia, her unhappy, widowed mother, who without a husband or a son, is reduced to serving the family. She wants to help them, help the little girl to find a wider world and Lucia to break free from family bonds and find independence. Can she? Dare she interfere? And if she does, will the deceptively relaxed and easy-going man she's with, back her?


Si, who knows exactly what kind of 'businessman' Andria is, is enjoying the company of the men and watching the holiday-makers come and go, and one boat in particular...
... and wondering if what he sees, which no one else sees, means what he thinks it means; that death is coming as swiftly and surely as the sun nears the sea.

Review

It was great to catch up with Si Ellice again and I was pleasantly surprised to find that he had stuck around with Susie who he rescued in Bloodstock. They find themselves in Corsica which is beautifully described and somewhere I long to visit, so this was a nice escape read too. I loved the dialogue between Susie and Si - so easy and uncontrived.


Seems like this time he may have got himself caught up with the Corsican mafia. As with the previous books the action is written smoothly and is easy on the eye to read. Usually I would get a little nervous when the bad guys turn up. But knowing Si of old, I knew he could handle himself whilst remaining a gentleman. So I settled down for how he would go about it and I wasn't disappointed.

Can't wait to read more...


My thanks to the author and publisher Rat's Tales for a copy of the book for review and to Random Things Tours.


AUTHOR Rod Humphris is the author of a number of acclaimed thrillers. He is the happiest and most productive when travelling about in his battered old truck with a canoe in top and a dog in the back. He currently lives in Bath. Rod Humphris is the winner of N. N. Light Best Fiction Award 2016
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