Follower

by Peter Anderson

All Souls' In Madrid, Canadian Dan Durand is approached by shadowy strangers offering him a job. Once a high-achiever, Dan has hit rock bottom and is living a makeshift existence. His under-the-table assignment is to trail a suspected criminal-a woman with a mysterious history. Dan begins to sense that their stories may intersect more than he at first realized. He also realizes that he has become unwittingly involved in a life-and-death chase. When pursuer and pursued eventually come face to face, they must run together. Part adventure, travelogue, mystery and love story, Follower unfolds with richly-detailed street-level views of a panoply of European locales.

231 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Peter Anderson hails from South Africa, but currently resides in Texas, where he is an associate professor of English. The author of a previous collection of poems, Vanishing Ground, his work in fiction and poetry has appeared in numerous literary magazines and has been anthologized in both America and South Africa. The Unspeakable is his first novel.

Reviews

[Kyla Hoggard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a book I picked up out of a Tiny Free Library that are now situated in nicer neighborhoods. It felt really local in some ways, like I could tell the author lived in the PNW. But what attracted me to the story was the historical fictional aspect of the story: a man who flows through the streets of random European villages with ease and confidence. These places are real and one can search on Google the churches he passes, the shops he swings by, which I found pleasant and thrilling. The story isn't a true mystery because Dan is rather obtuse and it's easy enough to guess the story behind the story. lol. But it kept me entertained and turning the pages. It's also nice to have books that are not first person but still give that inner understanding of the main character. I also appreciated the way in which Mr. Peter Anderson filled in some gaps about the characters with creative license rather than relying on dialogue. I'd recommend it if you are into European travel.