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The Zanzibar Affair: A Novel Out of Africa Kindle Edition
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A Novel Out of Africa
An enduring love story set against the spectacular backdrop of East and Southern Africa, New York and France, and spanning decades, are the very essence of this remarkable debut novel.
Love, betrayal, passion and death are woven into this romantic novel with exquisite skill. A book to read and to relish. Samantha Ford is destined to become a contemporary romance bestseller with her stories out of Africa.
The love story... A letter, found by her daughter Molly, in an old chest on the island of Zanzibar reveals the secret of Kate Hope’s glamorous but anguished past, and the reason for her sudden and unexplained disappearance. Ten years previously Kate’s lover and business partner, Adam Hamilton, tormented by a terrifying secret he is willing to risk everything for, brutally ends his relationship with Kate. A woman is found murdered in a remote part of Kenya, bringing Tom Fletcher to East Africa to unravel the web of mystery and intrigue surrounding Kate, the woman he loves but hasn't seen for over twenty years.
In Zanzibar, Tom meets Kate’s daughter Molly. With her help he pieces together the last years of her mother’s life and his extraordinary connection to it.
Stories from Africa
When you read this book you will understand that Samantha is a very accomplished writer who describes human feelings only the way a woman can. Love and passion sear through the pages as does a clear indication that she has lived in and experienced love on the continent she adores.
Africa is, of course, that continent and she has demonstrated that she can describe East and Southern Africa in original and evocative terms. She has been on many safaris and observed first hand the lifestyles that she draws upon to write her stories from Africa.
Fiction they may be, but they give you an insight into the lives of the rich and powerful, both at work and at play. This is a book to get lost in, an absorbing story of suspense and intrigue, and one which it is hard to believe is a début novel.
But don't worry Samantha has completed her second novel, The House Called Mbabati, due to be released in June 2016, and has made a start on her third. So if you love this book you will not have too long to wait for another story out of Africa.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date10 May 2015
- File size1445 KB
Product details
- ASIN : B00XHR9U2W
- Language : English
- File size : 1445 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 376 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 20,045 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 127 in Love & Romance (Kindle Store)
- 209 in Love & Romance (Books)
- 1,146 in Parenting & Family
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About the author

Samantha Ford is a globetrotter in every sense of the word. Wanderlust courses through her veins. She grew up traveling the world, moving from place to place every few years. As she got older, she continued to move about, settling until restlessness crept in, then picking up and moving on.
However the current circumstances this year put paid to any thoughts of going anywhere!
“I have been traveling since I was a little girl, two years here, two years there – different country, different culture, different languages, different schools – I thought everyone lived like that!
I was nine years old when I first came to Africa, and I fell in love with the wildlife and the people. The bush is a wonderful place to get your balance back in life, to pause and take a breath. The animals don’t care about money or politics or the violence in the world today – they just get on with the business of being animals. They can teach us a lot I think.
I write my stories for people who have the same passion as I do for Africa. Many of my readers have left here to live elsewhere – but I know where their hearts lie…
To be compared with John Gordon Davis and Wilbur Smith, two of the greatest writers out of Southern Africa, makes me feel very humble indeed.”
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The storyline is implausible. An example of this is towards the end when one of the main characters remembers meeting up with another one in a New York store where she worked whilst on her holidays many years before. Who remembers anyone after serving them in a shop many years previously?
Update:
Now that I have finished the book I have not changed my mind about it - the ending was predictable and disappointing.
Dont waste your time or money.



