A sunny place for shady people

My new book is now available for your reading pleasure.

It’s called A Sunny Place for Shady People, and it’s about six years I spent living on the island of Malta.

I went there because I wanted to write an island book inspired by Lawrence Durrell — and there was light and laughter in those early years. But then there was an election, and everything changed.

I watched an organized criminal network take over the government of a European Union member state with the widespread support of its citizens. It culminated in the brutal car bomb assassination of a writer I admired, the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The Office of the Prime Minister was implicated in her murder, but no politicians have been arrested or charged. The same political party is still in power.

My book attempts to show why a journalist could be killed in broad daylight in such a small place, and why those who ordered the hit have gotten away with it. I think the roots of it all are deeply embedded in the culture.

You’ll be as outraged as I am after reading about this terrible injustice.

If you’ve been to Malta as a tourist, you’ll discover so much more happening below the surface of a sunny holiday destination.

And if you like travel and culture, I think you’ll find the history of this utterly unique little country as fascinating as I did. Despite the depths the country has been dragged to in recent years, Malta has much to be proud of.

I’ve tried to capture all of that with no fluff and no filler.

Here’s how you can order your copy of A Sunny Place for Shady People today. 

For those back home in Canada:

• Amazon Canada
• Chapters Indigo

For those of you in the US:

• Amazon US
• Barnes & Noble
• BookshopOrg
• Target

For UK readers:

• Amazon UK
• Waterstones

Here in Germany and the EU:

• Amazon Germany
• Dussmann
• ExLibris

And finally, for those of you clinging on to the bottom of the world hoping not to fall off:

• Angus & Robertson

Those are a few options.

I don’t have links for readers in Malta but I’m told Meli’s Bookshop in Valletta plans to stock copies.

You can also share my book with your Facebook and LinkedIn followers by clicking those links.

Sharing it with your friends, family members and social media networks is such a huge help. I really appreciate your support.