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1990s – Set in Lima, Peru, in a time of civil and political unrest, this evocative page-turner is a perfect marriage of domestic drama and suspense.
Chasing the Sun
What you need to know before your trail
Andres finds that his wife has gone and immediately thinks she’ s gone and left him again. Well, it wouldn’t be the first time. But this is Peru and kidnappings are fairly common. She couldn’t have been kidnapped could she?
And despite their being many secrets and ill feeling at times between the pair, he’ll do anything to get her back won’t he?
As Andres decides whether he and his wife still have something worth fighting for, a private mediator comes to stay with him in order to negotiate with those holding her. The decision will not be up to him or this negotiator however.
Andres struggles to stay in control whilst scrambling to collect his wife’s ransom, tending to the needs of his two young children, and reconnecting with an old friend who may hold the key to his past and his wife’s future.
Travel Guide
Set in 1990’s Lima, Peru. The political situation of the country is in chaos and the string of kidnapping seems to be at a high so when his wife goes missing, Andres has a lot of soul searching to do.
This is the story of a kidnapping – the before,during and after. What happens in a country where this takes place, where the police and media are not allowed to hear of it and where no help is to be offered. Andres has to hire a private mediator. What is examined is their marriage, their lives together and their relationship in general
The kidnappings are not small crimes at all. They are deep and personal, they target everyone, even random men riding in taxis…
The kidnapping itself is a vehicle for their story, their journey which has had its fair share of ups and downs. The whole process of kidnapping, what happens to the person taken and those left behind is evoked to a point where it is quite an eye opener! The Shining Path organisation and its take over of the shanty towns, the Tupac Amaru revolutionary movement are all very real and give an insight into a troubling time where kidnapping seems to be the national sport.
Interesting to note that this story is based on the personal experience of the author herself and a kidnapping which occurred in her own family. The Peru of the time – the political and civil unrest reflected in the book when coupled with the fear and reality of kidnapping is to immerse yourself in a time and place you will only ever want to read about in a book.
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