...1948 - the year I was born - it all began here...

Elliot Hyland

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About

Elliot's family heritage was richly involved in major world events in far flung places. This has fired his imagination.In London, his businesses, work on boards and as architect director of major national projects for the Ministry of Defence provides real life experience for his novels.He has broadcast on the radio and has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts. This artistic side helps paint a visually evocative voice. Love of history and travel teamed with meticulous research gives authenticity.Previously his book, Home Manager, was published by Quiller Press.He lives and writes by the coast in Dorset.

The Great Sound Historical Series

A post World War Two historical thriller for fans of the family drama Succession, the romantic nostalgia of Karen Blixen's Out of Africa and the Cold War agents of Frederick Forsyth.In 1948 Bermuda the niece of the owner of the islands premier estate must rescue it from her cousin's clutches but romance, secrets and political intrigue get in the way.

Islands caught between two worlds: the fading elegance of the British Empire and the aggressive glittering dawn of American wealth. Nowhere is the collision louder than at The Great Sound, the crown jewel of Bermuda

The Great Sound Books 1 & 2
Bermuda 1948Rose Young, orphaned when her parents were killed in the blitz, was adopted by her aunt, the owner of the vast hotel estate,The Great Sound.But when she graduates from university and returns from New York, old family secrets are unearthed, a bitter feud erupts between the owner and one of the owner’s sons which will embroil Rose as well.The last thing she needs is a romantic entanglement. But an enigmatic American multi-millionaire arrives and soon has other ideas.He seeks to invest his fortune in the islands. However, in order to prevent an increasing American foothold in ‘Fortress Bermuda,’ his life is threatened by soviet agents as the Cold War officially begins in 1948 and reaches the geopolitically strategic Bermuda.Can Rose come to the aid of her aunt in her hour of need? Is she able to deal with the millionaire’s attentions?Will the millionaire survive the assassin’s attempts on his life?The Great Sound: Books 1 & 2 are “Completed Manuscript - Seeking Representation.”
Book 3 is “Work in Progress.”Two more novels are “Work in progress”:
Crossing The Line and M👁9

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