Indie Reads Aloud: Joyce Yarrow and "Zahara and the Lost Books of Light"

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Episode # 209

Zahara and the Lost Books of Light

Written by

Joyce Yarrow

In this fast-paced, suspenseful novel, journalist Alienor Crespo discovers a trove of irreplaceable books rescued from the flames of the Spanish Inquisition. Using her gift of second sight, Alienor exploits her knowledge of the past and present to confront extremists, who are bent on destroying all evidence of harmony between Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval Spain. The future of the underground library of Zahara is at stake as well as the lives of its protectors. Hailed as a dazzling journey through time, Zahara and the Lost Books of Light will hold you spellbound until the end.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joyce Yarrow, is an avid bird-watcher and award-winning author of novels of suspense that, according to Library Journal, “appeal to readers who enjoy unusual mysteries with an international setting.”

She was born in the SE Bronx and escaped to Manhattan as a teenager. Today, she resides in Seattle and travels the world to enrich her life and her writing. She considers the settings of her books to be characters in their own right, and enjoys teaching workshops on The Place of Place in Suspense Writing.

Joyce also worked as a screenwriter, singer-songwriter, multimedia performance artist, and member of the world music vocal ensemble, Abráce.