Review: Henry Simpson's Story in a Story - Island of Spirits
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2014
This is an Ed Lane novel, complete with flashbacks to his earlier security work, Army days, and a whole lot of strange occurrences in what should be a peaceful period of early retirement. Lane is hired to accompany a group of archeologists and ecologists to an island that was once thriving with exotic animals. Now it is thriving in mystery.For years the island providing work for ranch hands, and free hunting, first class liquor, and a nice hotel for politicians, but now that’s all ended. What has remained is a 200-year old murder in Sealtown, and a deadly apparition.Author Simpson takes the reader through Lane’s thoughts, and his struggle with what island inhabitants casually accept as fact, not fiction. There is a story in a story here, told cautiously and precisely, but at a fast pace. The payoff is a quick, enjoyable read that will keep you guessing.