Cape Misfortune

Cape Misfortune #1

by Henry Anderson

"Welcome to beautiful Cape Misfortune. Come for the rugged coastline and unspoiled beaches. Stay for the quaint customs and friendly welcome.” Don’t ask about the people who are going missing. Locals blame it on other-worldly creatures who use the fog as cover. Disgraced police woman Deputy Cassandra Dollar is fighting to keep her job after her ex-husband has lied about her. Her shift Sergeant no longer believes a word she says and her new patrol partner is more dangerous than any of the criminals she faces. Then "The Levitator", an ex-detective-turned-magician, offers to help Cassandra unmask a terrible mystery. Why are people going missing? Where are they being taken to? Could an old house on a crumbling cliff be the gateway to another world? Are the disappearances part of a conspiracy that threatens more than Cape Misfortune – maybe the future of the entire planet?

262 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 2, 2019

About the author

Henry Anderson is a former reporter who has written for national UK newspapers. He studied English Language and Literature at Magdalen College, Oxford. He spent time as a "Jackaroo" in Australia learning the farm trade before working in publishing, the performing arts and journalism.

Reviews

[Justin Alcala · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoy that creepy, perpetually growing fear that comes with a good mystery? Then here you are. From start to finish this book had me dragged in. I read the entire thing while on a plane. From the foreshadowing of the opening to the looming fog throughout, you'l enjoy the creepy atmosphere and ask yourself, "Where is everyone going?"

[Katy Wimhurst · Rating 5 out of 5]

A pacy and very enjoyable book. Cape Misfortune is a place of fog, folklore and sinister corporations, where people have been going missing for some time. Cassandra Dollar, a determined, brave policewoman, sets out to discover why, helped by unexpected allies and hindered by any number of foes (some supernatural). The book put me a bit in mind of Dean Koontz with its detective story combining supernatural elements and snappy dialogue. Plenty of action and plot twists and laced with great similes and descriptive prose and dose of wry humour. Highly recommended.