Clarissa's Warning (Canary Islands Mysteries)

Product Description "Themes of conserving our past, pursuing our passions and bringing the truth to light all shine through in this thriller... this is a story readers will thoroughly enjoy." - Anthony AvilaBank teller Claire Bennett’s life changes when she wins the lottery, and buys an ancient fixer-upper on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura.After moving to the island’s sleepy inland village, Claire is confronted with a dark mystery. Her new home, known to the locals as the Casa Baraso, is shrouded in otherworldly superstition.Her mystic aunt Clarissa has warned her of danger, but Claire pays no heed. Can she uncover the secret of Casa Baraso?Praise:★★★★★ - "I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves reading mystery books."★★★★★ - "An entertaining read."★★★★★ - "If you love a good mystery, especially one that takes place in a haunted house and exotic locale, check out Clarissa’s Warning."★★★★★ - "Normally, I don't read anything having to do with the supernatural, but this book pleasantly surprised me. A very entertaining, suspenseful and humorous read." Review "The author has a knack of descriptive narrative, describing the setting with a skill on par with some of the great English writers...The novel could easily be compared to Catherine Cookson/ Agatha Christie and pursues a clever, down-to-earth intensity." 5 Stars - Readers' Favorite "Straight from the outset, I was enraptured with the beautiful imagery, lush descriptions, and engaging, believable, and likeable characters....This is a novel to be read for the writing. It is layered and poetic and I loved it." - Lilly Piper"The book unquestionably has the wow factor that thrills the reader." Hasanthi's Book World"Excellent story telling." - Trails of Tales"The backdrop of Fuerteventura for this story was just exquisite." - Zooloo's Book Diary"I really found myself falling in love with pretty much everything and was completely sucked into the descriptions, it was like a little mini holiday in my head." - FNM Book Reviews From the Author Set on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Clarissa's Warning is a gothic mystery that draws on the key elements of the gothic novel - a curse, ghosts, mysterious architecture of an ancient building, romance, and intense emotions. I have drawn on the contemporary idea of gothic as isolated and bleak, the setting an almost empty village in the middle of a desert island. The one element of gothic fiction I wanted to challenge was the 'damsel in distress'. My protagonist, Claire Bennett, is a down-to-earth, rational-thinking bank teller. I tend to create strong female leads in my fiction and Clarissa's Warning is no exception. I am never content to write fiction without some sort of message or theme. Clarissa's Warning highlights the problem of a heritage lost through the decay of its ancient ruins, and explores some of the history specific to the island where it is set. Clarissa's Warning forms part of my Canary Islands' series which began with The Drago Tree and also includes A Matter of Latitude, both set on Lanzarote. About the Author Isobel Blackthorn is a prolific novelist of brilliant, original fiction across a range of genres, including dark psychological thrillers, gripping mysteries, captivating travel fiction and hilarious dark satire. Isobel holds a PhD in Western Esotericism for her groundbreaking study of the texts of Theosophist Alice A. Bailey. Her engagement with Alice Bailey's esoteric theories and practices has culminated in a forthcoming work of biographical fiction, in which Isobel explores the life of the mysterious occultist for too long shunted into the margins of history.Isobel carries a lifelong passion for the Canary Islands, Spain, her former home. Many of her novels are set on the islands, including The Drago Tree, which was released in 2015 and is now in Spanish translation. These novels are setting rich and fall into the genre of travel fiction, and the novels are as much sto