A marriage that produced two lovely daughters suddenly ends, and Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived the injuries that could have killed him. Ī terrible construction site accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE, BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH. It is also about the power of memory and truth, art and nature.NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. Duma Key is a mesmerizing and compelling story about friendship, and the bond between a father and his daughter. Eventually, they will have to discover what really happened to Elizabeth's twin sisters, who disappeared in the 1920s - and the haunting secret to which this strange old lady holds the key. And something strange and disturbing is happening with his pictures: they are becoming predictive, even dangerous to those who buy them.įreemantle must team up with his fellow resident, Wireman, to chart his way through the increasingly disturbing mystery ofĭuma Key, where out-of-season hurricanes tear lives apart and a powerful undertow lures lost and tormented souls. But soon he finds himself experiencing weird phantom pains in his missing arm. He takes the turning marked Florida - home, as they say, of the newly wed, or nearly dead.īut rather than choosing a typical holiday location, Freemantle is drawn to a beautiful, eerily remote stretch of land off Florida's West Coast: Duma Key, a tangle of banyans, palms and pines next to a deserted beach - uninhabited bar a few houses owned by an old lady named Elizabeth, once a famous patron of the arts.Įncouraged by his youngest daughter, Freemantle discovers a unique talent for painting, starting with the fabulous sunsets. Edgar Freemantle reached a T-junction in his life's journey when a freak accident cost him his arm.
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