ONCE UPON AN ISLAND

Set on the island of Crete this multi-layered novel is of landscapes and lives shaped by an ancient ethos. When Michael a Greek-American visits his father's village he comes to believe that his grandmother the proud Efpraxsia has poisoned a German man to avenge the murder of her father during the war. As Michael struggles to deal with his sense of betrayal his mind spins within an age-old memory. And Polly a tourist befriended by the family is caught in the coils of this haunting past as she weaves a tangled web of her own making and ultimate demise.