WHAT IF YOU COULD BE SOMEBODY ELSE? Lou Gilmond's stunning debut literary mystery novel It's 1960's Mallorca & Thomas Sebastian is an English conman on the run Hoping to evade his creditors he's taken an old Spanish finca as his hideout He discovers the house untouched since the death of its last owner the renowned & distinguished Senyor Rodriguez
- with fine art on the walls a library of books & cellar full of wine Thomas slips easily into his new life
- walking reading & drinking; falling in love with his neighbour the beautiful but impossibly young Isabella Ferretti But when he puts on Rodriguez' white linen suit & heads into the city things get a little out of hand This literary mystery novel is a riotous tale of excess desire & greed set in a sultry Spanish island summer of 1964 Lou Gilmond's prose at times crackles with wit & at others is stomach-heavy with sensuality Through it all Thomas is thrilling if feverish company