Where Fortune Lies
by James Short
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Historical Fiction | Mystery & Thrillers
Pub Date 26 Apr 2019
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In the town of Solvidado, the townspeople regretted the senseless loss of life when the lovers, Thomas and Penelope, drove their wagon over the cliff to escape pursuers, but what they regretted even more was the disappearance of the Gold, the couple had stolen. Since the tragedy a century prior treasure hunters have searched Solvidado and its environs for the hidden gold.
fast forward a hundred years later, in a hotel room, April, A new bride, is preparing to take her own life, her husband Phillip had just stormed out of the room in a rage. Ravela, a demon from April’s past has once again shown up, this time convincing her that the only cure for her hopeless feeling is to kill herself. But after Aquino a cat burglar, breaks into the bridal suite and interrupts her preparations. Aquino persuades April to delay her suicide for the night. He has this strange idea that she, and she alone is uniquely able to help him find the treasure by reliving the events leading up to the pursuit over the cliff. They exit the hotel off the third story balcony.
In the Meantime Jacinto has met the ghost of a Portuguese undertaker, a witness to the tragedy, he assures him that the treasure is hidden where an honest person would change it. Jacinto then offers to guide him through Solvidado and narrate the story of Thomas while Philip tries to solve the riddle.
April and Phillip are then taken on a nighttime journey that takes them to the previous century, they encounter the unusual love affair between Thomas, a man who lives well but has no apparent source of income, and Penelope, a young woman who always wears a veil in public. They each find different pieces of their puzzle they have to put together are a child lost in Paris, a master who is a servant, a locked door to a cold room, a rancher with a scarred lip out for revenge, a high-stakes poker game for the hand of a young woman, a foggy night, a burning wagon, a Portuguese undertaker and his pig.
Before the mystery is solved and the treasure discovered. April soon finds herself on the edge of the same cliff, the couple drove a hundred years ago, wrestling with her demon Ravela. Will she survive?
I give Where Fortune Lies five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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