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A story about love, atonement and a tragic twist of fate

When Rachel, a successful art critic, attends an exhibition by an up-and-coming artist she is unsettled by the eerie familiarity of his paintings. They bring to mind a tragic event from the past and a cowardly decision she made.  As her relationship with the artist develops, she searches for a way to come to terms with this and is drawn back to a man she loved and worked with many years ago in Cairo. This man had warned her that, one day, fate may find a way to punish her.

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As the story unfolds in three different countries over fifteen years, the tension and conflict between Rachel’s relationship with two different men and two different worlds accelerates.  Eventually, she must pay a steep price to fully atone for what she did.

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Published by Blue Denim Press

October 2020

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The Way Things Fall

The Way Things Fall is available through your favourite bookstore, on Amazon (trade paperback and Kindle) and through Indigo (trade paperback and Kobo).

About the novel

The novel has elements of the known and unknown, blending into a believable and exciting work of fiction.  

Shane Joseph - Publisher's Perspective

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Tension and conflict? Big time!                                                  John Bell

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A real tour de force. I enjoyed the novel from beginning to end. Both men are beautifully drawn and one can see why the protagonist is torn. But I could never make love with Karl. I hate getting sand in my undies. 

Sophie O’Reilly

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The Way Things Fall is intriguing, the characters interesting and well-drawn. It is a very impressive, very readable debut novel.\

Peter Greene

I love fiction that transports you to new worlds and The Way Things Fall does this in spades. Astronomy, Egyptian mythology and ancient astrological interpretations of the night sky mix brilliantly with art, Jungian psychology and love & lust.  This is a really smart book and beautifully written with help from Egypt’s stunning desert landscapes, the brilliant astrological night sky and panoramic, rolling vineyards of Tuscany. A wonderful pandemic escape to another world!

Debbie Gordon

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I really enjoyed and learnt a great deal about Egyptian mythology and the importance of astrology as I did about what critics look for in art. I thought the characters were very real and well developed

Malcolm Cullen

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I am not into Cosmology or ancient Egyptian archeology but I really liked the way the author wove the detail into the novel and having been to Egypt I felt transported back by her great descriptions. The characters were real and likeable and the ending is unexpected. A great read.

Roger Dacre

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I really enjoyed the story, the characters and the rich description. Once in I didn’t want it to end. I got to enjoy knowing the characters and wanted their story and my learning about a very foreign world of the stars, energy, and the powers of fate and destiny to continue.

Rhoda Payne

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Liz Torlée answers questions about 

The Way Things Fall

at the book' s virtual launch:

Listen to Liz reading from

The Way Things Fall

at the book's virtual launch on December 10, 2020:

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Watch Liz being interviewed about The Way Things Fall on

ThatChannel.com's LIQUID LUNCH program:

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Listen to Liz discuss and read from The Way Things Fall on

Northumberland Radio 89.7FM's WORD ON THE HILLS:

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For more insight into the inspiration for The Way Things Fall and how art, the rituals of Ancient Egypt, astronomy, astrology and three very different locations are woven into the story, please read some of Liz's posts below.

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Join Liz in conversation about the themes and characters in The Way Things Fall, by sharing your thoughts and your own stories in the comments section of each post.

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