Bøger af Andrew Cairns

After exacting his revenge on his ex-wife, Sandy flees the dark forces pursuing him and goes underground, working as a volunteer at a Parisian soup kitchen. Here he refinds spiritual direction in his life, converts to Islam, and falls in love with the beautiful Hurriya - a Moroccan medical student. He follows her back to her native Morocco in the hope of winning her hand in marriage. Sandy must come to grips with the local customs and superstitions: miraculous water, djinns, polygamy... and witchcraft!"Coaxing the reader through the eye of the needle into a realm of Moroccan life and lives, One More Arabian Night is a thoughtful and thought-provoking story that leaves one changed in a deep down way - as all the best stories manage to do."TAHIR SHAH, author of The Caliph's House "What a pleasure to follow Sandy once again in his strange, colourful adventures. Andrew Cairns offers us a second novel at times funny, at times disturbing, but constantly captivating."ISABELLE RICHAUD, author of Reflections on a sustainable society: Humanity in the mirrorANDREW CAIRNS is a Scot, living in the suburbs of Paris with his wife and two daughters. His travels in North Africainspired this book, the second in The Witch's List trilogy.

Sandy Beech doesn't believe in witches and the supernatural. However, certain strange events occur which put his scepticism to the test: a burning book, a falling crucifix, a mysterious illness, and a fire in a convent which kills all twelve nuns. On her death bead, Bernadette, the last surviving nun, warns him to control his lusts and avoid African women. Sandy finds this difficult, since he is attracted to exotic, dark-skinned women and after his hedonistic university exchange year in Paris, marries Rocky from the Ivory Coast. Five years later, childless and with the marriage souring, they decide to visit Rocky's home country. Sandy is drawn into a world of strange beliefs and practices: he finds out about the Witch's List - a list of people destined to die, and is attacked by various animals starting with a ferocious dog in Abidjan. He delves further and further into the realm of African witchcraft, but the horrific truth remains obscure... The Witch's List is the first of a trilogy.