ZonderZorg
The disappearance of a friend, along with millions of francs' worth of wine, interrupts David's buying trip in France. When he stays to assist and comfort his friend's wife, Catherine, their lives are threatened. As the danger intensifies, they are drawn closer together, uncovering buried traumas, insecurities, and longings.
This is a tale of mounting tension, realisation, and passion, woven through a gripping crime thriller set on the Burgundy canals and in the French wine trade of the 1980s.
Although this is a work of fiction, most of the locations, adventures, and characters are real or based on reality. David's behaviour and relationships are influenced by his autism, alexithymia, and asexuality, all of which were far less understood when this story is set, and I write of these from my own experience. The reminiscences, stories, and timeline draw on events from my own life, though they are sometimes slightly rearranged to suit the crafting of this novel.
Fortunately, the crimes and the criminals are fictional, and any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental.