Isle of Misfortune
When Gordon O’Connor answers the doorbell one night while he is home alone with his sons, he encounters an angry man who shoots him in the chest. Fortunately, he escapes serious injury, but the gunshot begins a chain of events that alters the course of his life forever.
"Geoffrey Leavenworth has transformed a nightmarish personal ordeal into a novel that is sensual, harrowing, and wise. For people caught in a labyrinth of crime and wounding, the place inevitably becomes an enemy. Leavenworth's canvas of seductive and chaotic Galveston is mastery, and the voice is self-probing and trustworthy at every twist and turn."
Jan Reid, author of The Bullet Meant for Me
"Geoffrey Leavenworth has written a wonderful book, bone-chilling, sensual, and evocative of that disturbing mix of fear and exhilaration I feel every time I touch down on the Isle of Misfortune."
Gary Cartwright, Senior Editor, Texas Monthly
and author of Galveston: A History of the Island
Order Isle of Misfortune from Amazon.
When Gordon O’Connor answers the doorbell one night while he is home alone with his sons, he encounters an angry man who shoots him in the chest. Fortunately, he escapes serious injury, but the gunshot begins a chain of events that alters the course of his life forever.
"Geoffrey Leavenworth has transformed a nightmarish personal ordeal into a novel that is sensual, harrowing, and wise. For people caught in a labyrinth of crime and wounding, the place inevitably becomes an enemy. Leavenworth's canvas of seductive and chaotic Galveston is mastery, and the voice is self-probing and trustworthy at every twist and turn."
Jan Reid, author of The Bullet Meant for Me
"Geoffrey Leavenworth has written a wonderful book, bone-chilling, sensual, and evocative of that disturbing mix of fear and exhilaration I feel every time I touch down on the Isle of Misfortune."
Gary Cartwright, Senior Editor, Texas Monthly
and author of Galveston: A History of the Island
Order Isle of Misfortune from Amazon.