Sue Roebuck is a Brit who now lives in Portugal. Despite the fact that
she and I have never met face to face, I value her friendship, her advice and
her support of my writing career. Sue, you are always welcome at Book Blather.
Come back any time.
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Hello, I’m
Sue Roebuck and I think I can call myself a novelist now my third book, Rising
Tide, has been published.
Rising Tide is set in
Portugal and is a suspense story with romantic overtones. Some people say I don’t
have a “brand” (i.e. I don’t always write the
same genre of novel) but I think I do and, for me, Einstein’s
quote, “The
World will not be destroyed by evil, but by people who watch them without doing
anything”. Writing my stories are based on this, which is my
way of trying to do something about this evil. The themes of injustice,
corruption and unfairness run through my books “Perfect Score”,
“Hewhay
Hall”,
and now “Rising Tide” which is set in
Portugal.
You can see the blurb and
extract on the publisher’s site:
http://www.mundania.com/book.php?title=Rising+Tide.
As I said, the story is
mostly set in Portugal. Not many people know about this small European country,
but - as they say - small is beautiful and it is very special. Cristiano
Ronaldo, José Mourinho, Eusebio,
Saramago, Fernando Pessoa, Henry the Navigator were all born here. Christopher
Columbus offered to sail to the New World for the Portuguese royalty before he
went to the Spanish court and he is said to have married a Portuguese girl and
parts of their house are on the Portuguese island of Porto Santo still.
The Portuguese people are
innovative (for example, they have the world’s most advanced ATM
system) and very friendly. And they mostly all speak English.
The village of Luminosa in
Rising Tide doesn’t exist but, geographically in my mind, it’s
where the red blob is on the map.
So the Alentejo is above
the Algarve and below Lisbon. It’s
an area of outstanding beauty of gently rolling hills, cork oak forests and
vineyards. In Rising Tide, the villagers of Luminosa work the land as well as
fish both near the coast and well offshore.
The Alentejo cuisine is
varied but relies on locally cultivated ingredients. Beware of the desserts—you’ll
gain kilos.
I hope I’ve “whetted
your appetite” for this lovely
region and that you’d like to read about
it in my book “Rising Tide”. If you’d like to buy the ebook, you can go here:
amazon.com
: http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Tide-Susan-Roebuck-ebook/dp/B00Y1I9FDK/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
amazon.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Tide-Susan-Roebuck-ebook/dp/B00Y1I9FDK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432467956&sr=8-1&keywords=Rising+Tide+Susan+Roebuck
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rising-tide-susan-roebuck/1121969606?ean=2940151503532
The paper back is
available on order from all major bookshops. Quote the ISBN number: 978-1-60659-857-3. OR go to publisher’s site:
Sue can be found at:
Twitter: @suemonte
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