Hamsters in the Park

A young man struggling to find the lasting love and happiness he yearns for after a disastrous start to life, defends his daughter against sexual abuse and is soon on the run from a murder charge.

He flees across Europe and takes refuge in North Africa, right at the start of the brutal Arab Spring uprising of 2010/11.

This tense, fast-paced thriller pulls no punches in describing how a sidelined social misfit steps up to the mark and tries to prevail over his past; to overcome the obstacles in his future, and at last succeed in any way he can.

It chronicles the people he meets along the way, some of whom will stay in his heart forever, and an unlikely love affair which persists against all odds.

This book also includes some of the animals that they and any of us could meet on our journeys through life, and how they can so often enrich that journey.

The backdrop is the author's move to a new life in Spain and his experiences there.