{"product_id":"isle-of-misfortune-hardcover","title":"Isle of Misfortune - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Leavenworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Gordo O'Connor answers the doorbell one night while he is home alone with his sons, he encounters an angry man who shoots him in the chest. Fortunately he escapes serious injury, but the gunshot begins a chain of events that alters the course of his life forever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGordo, his attorney wife, Ana, and their two young boys flee Galveston Island. None of them realizes that they will never again sleep in Pilot House, the graceful Victorian home that they love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs they try to regain control of their lives, a beach house on the island's far West End becomes a temporary refuge. Gordo is conscious of every curious sound, suspicious of strangers, and reluctantly begins to carry his father's sleek Beretta .380. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, the police are oddly uninterested in the case, implying that Gordo may know more than he reveals about the shooter and his motivation. Gordo and Ana realize they are on their own. As they watch their once idyllic world come apart, each faces sexual temptation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGordo moves his family to the Texas Hill Country, and even that is not far enough away. \u003ci\u003eIsle of Misfortune\u003c\/i\u003e reaches a gripping conclusion when the stalker confronts Gordo for the last time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeoffrey Leavenworth knows whereof he writes. In 1994 he was shot by an unknown assailant who apparently had a fixation either on Leavenworth or his family. The shooter was never caught, and the family is cautious and vigilant to this day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Leavenworth is the author of \u003ci\u003eHistoric Galveston\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1985, and more than five hundred magazine articles on business, food, health care, the space program, and other subjects. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Time, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTexas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e. This is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 9.34 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53300948795699,"sku":"9780875652696","price":35.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bFFEz776_Z9780875652696.webp?v=1777501140","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/isle-of-misfortune-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}