The Devil’s Horn by Anna Nicholas
Released: 7th Oct 2019
Eccentric, headstrong and engaging, Isabel Flores Montserrat is a cross between a highly charged Precious Ramotswe (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency) & Phyrne Fisher (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries). When 33-year-old Isabel Flores Montserrat quits a promising career with the Spanish police to run her mother’s holiday rentals agency in rural Mallorca, it seems that her crime-fighting days are far behind. Basking in the Mediterranean sunshine with pet ferret, Furì, she indulges her passion for local cuisine, swimming in the sea and raising her pampered hens. However, in just a few days, the disappearance of a young British girl, violent murder of an elderly neighbour, and discovery of a Colombian drug cartel threaten to tear apart Isabel’s idyllic life. Together with local chief Tolo Cabot, an old admirer of her unorthodox methods, Isabel must race against the clock to untangle a sinister web of crime and restore peace to the island once more.
Anna Nicholas is the author of six semi-autobiographical Mallorca-centric travel books: A Lizard in my Luggage (2007), Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof (2008) Goats from a Small Island (2009) Donkeys on my doorstep (2010) A Bull on the Beach (2012) and A Chorus of Cockerels (2016). Also a non fiction title, Strictly Off the Record with Norris McWhirter (2010). She is the Mallorca destination expert for Telegraph travel and writes occasional travel features for FT How to Spend It and mainstream international publications. Her debut Mallorca based crime novel, The Devil’s Horn, is the first in a new gentle crime series.