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2000s: A woman moves to Fuerteventura and finds herself at the heart of a mystery
2000s: A woman moves to Fuerteventura and finds herself at the heart of a mystery
A lottery jackpot changes Claire Bennett’s life.
She buys an ancient stone ruin on the island of her dreams. Her mystic aunt Clarissa warns her of danger, but Claire pays no heed.
Soon after moving to the idyllic island, Claire is confronted by a mystery. As the sinister story of her home slowly uncovers, Claire enters a world of inexplicable events and ordeals. Someone or something doesn’t want her there.
But is it really a curse, or is there something else behind the events?
…an island I had been visiting each year for my annual holiday…”
Puerto de Rosario
The capital and where she books a hotel to stay at at first. She chooses to stay here as all the shops and cafes, trades and industrial areas are all close by. She stays in Avenida Juan de Bethencourt, named after the Norman knight who had first conquered the islands
Calle de Barcelona
One of the most established streets in the city
Travel through Casillas des Angel and Antigua to reach where she buys the ruin….
“Fuerteventura takes om its true nature, a vast empty expanse of treeless land, farmed in places, decorated with low mountain ranges that define the landscape and give it its beauty.
My ruin was situated in the inland town of Tiscamanita, a safe distance from beach-crazed revellers yet not so far off the beaten track as to be isolated and remote. The island was desolate enough without secreting muselof away in one of its many barren and empty valleys.
Destination: Fuerteventura Author/guide: Isobel Blackthorn Departure Time: 2000s
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