Beyond the Sea - Stories from the Algarve

A young English couple in search of an easier life in the sun a German hippie with a singing dog a UK property developer a Portuguese waiter a showgirl at the casino a drug dealer an old widow in the mountains and a fisherman’s son are just some of the memorable cast of characters that inhabit these interlinking stories. Minor characters in some stories become protagonists in others in this rich tapestry of life in the Algarve in the summer of 2007 when a little girl went missing. . 'Visitors foreigners blown in on the Algarve's warm breeze stories blended with local terrain and tavernas hippies and lovers drunks and chancers all laid bare under the hot sun. Lisa Selvidge at a perceptive peak.' Paul Rees get real weekly. 'This intriguing patchwork of loosely interlinked characters and stories makes the Algarve recognisable for the connoisseur and fascinating for people who have never been there.' Barbara Fellgiebel Associationof Literature and Film friends in the Algarve