The Mosaic Swallow

Pilot Thomas Klaassen inherits a house with a cryptic message which sends him to help a damsel in distress. A painting won at cards in Tucson, Arizona in 1859 is stolen in Bilbao, Spain, 130 years later. Spanish gold stolen in Colombia in 1814 is found and stolen again in 1988 in Albuquerque. A beautifully crafted box painted in 1744, is auctioned in Boston nearly three centuries later. Chrissy and Tammy delve into the past, while Sophie meets a forger. There are escapes and rescues featuring horses and ships. Alison confronts someone from her past and becomes involved in the mystery of a missing criminal. Follow tales from the past, get into adventures of the present, and find out if romance flourishes in search of the painting and the gold.

Hendrik Hoitinga was born in Leeuwarden, Friesland, in the Netherlands and emigrated to New Zealand at 10. He travelled extensively during his teens and into his twenties and married his wife in Auckland in 1980, before relocating to the UK in 1990. They have two children. Hendrik worked in retail for over 26 years but a change of direction in the mid nineties when he and his wife were commissioned and ordained as officers for the Salvation Army. They served in England, Belgium, Wales and Scotland. Hendrik has been able to focus on his writing since he retired in 2017. Now a grandfather living in Wick in Scotland, he still loves travelling, music from the sixties and seventies and collects Dutch comic books.

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