Shadows on the Nile

By KATE FURNIVALL

Published by Hachette New Zealand $36.99 RRP, 1 December 2012

The new novel from the author of The Russian Concubine and The White Pearl.

1932, London. 27-year-old Jessica Kenton's stable life is torn apart when her younger brother, Timothy, vanishes. Vowing to find him, she follows Timothy's trail to the lush and exotic lands of Egypt but she doesn't expect the danger she is confronted with. There are powerful people who do not want her brother found but not everything is as it seems…

A dramatic story of courage and betrayal and of a determined young woman's search for her brother and her discovery of an all-consuming love in the shifting deserts of Egypt.

About the Author

Kate Furnivall was born in Wales. She went to London University where she studied English and from there she went into publishing, writing material for a series of books on the canals of Britain. Then into advertising where she met her future husband, Norman. Kate travelled widely, giving her an insight into how different cultures function which has proved invaluable in her writing.

Kate now lives by the sea in the beautiful county of Devon, only 5 minutes from the home of Agatha Christie.

It was when her mother died in 2000 that Kate decided to write a book inspired by her mother’s story.  Her first novel, The Russian Concubine contains fictional characters and events, but Kate made use of the extraordinary situation that was her mother’s childhood experience – that of two White Russian refugees, a mother and daughter, stuck without money or papers in an International Settlement in China. Shadows on the Nile is her sixth novel.