Lure of the Riptide
by Steve Turnbull
1908. In a corner of India that will be forever France, a murderer walks.
Maliha Anderson prefers to be alone and the murdered body washed up by the tide is one person too many.
Having returned to the place of her birth to take part in the death rituals for her mother Maliha is confronted with a crime that will be unavenged unless she does something about it.
But as she digs into the circumstances of the death she faces greed, lust and intense prejudice in a cultural clash between East and West. The question is, how far must she go to bring the true culprit to justice?
In a past that never was, this tale of love and avarice is filled with vivid descriptions, intriguing characters, and crisp, elegant prose.
Maliha Anderson prefers to be alone and the murdered body washed up by the tide is one person too many.
Having returned to the place of her birth to take part in the death rituals for her mother Maliha is confronted with a crime that will be unavenged unless she does something about it.
But as she digs into the circumstances of the death she faces greed, lust and intense prejudice in a cultural clash between East and West. The question is, how far must she go to bring the true culprit to justice?
In a past that never was, this tale of love and avarice is filled with vivid descriptions, intriguing characters, and crisp, elegant prose.