The Ultimate Port

by Gwen Watkins

THE ULTIMATE PORT IS A PAGE-TURNING MIDNIGHT-OIL BURNING NOVEL YOU WON’T WANT TO PUT DOWN, WITH SUSPENSE, MYSTERY, AND DRAMA. THE AUTHOR WILL KEEP YOU MESMERIZED AS YOUR INNERMOST SELF WALKS YOU INTO THE LIVES OF EACH SHADY CHARACTER. THERE STOOD A BEARDED MAN WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS. HE WORE A TATTERED ROBE WITH AN UNMATCHING TIE AROUND HIS WAIST. ON HIS FEET WERE SANDALS OF A MATERIAL NONE WERE FAMILIAR WITH. THE PLEASANT STRANGER WAS TALL AND AS LEAN AS A RACEHORSE. EVERYTHING HAD COME TOGETHER FOR ANA MARIA BY THEN. THE WEIRD MEN COMING AND GOING AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, AND THE MONEY. AS MARAQUITA NEVER DISCUSSED HER WORK, HER FAMILY KNEW OF HER CREATIVITY. PERHAPS SHE DOES FREELANCE ART OR DESIGN. GLORIA WATCHED WHAT LOOKED LIKE HER LOVING PARENTS GO OUT THAT WAY. WHAT MORE WOULD EMERGE FROM THE HIDDEN AGENDA, SHE WONDERED. GAINING STRENGTH FROM HER PAST EXPERIENCE MADE HER MORE DETERMINED TO COMPLETE HER JOURNEY VOID OF SCARE TACTICS.

342 pages, Paperback

Published May 16, 2015

About the author

Gwendoline Mary Watkins was a British codebreaker and author who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, deciphering Luftwaffe communications. Born in West Bromwich in 1923, she was educated in Bournemouth and later married poet Vernon Watkins, with whom she had five children. She authored several books, including Dylan Thomas: Portrait of a Friend, Dickens in Search of Himself, and Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes, reflecting her literary and wartime experiences.