Alida Van den Bos

The Singing Violin: [kidnapped] Alida Van den Bos

Publisher Marketing: The Singing Violin is a tense thriller about a young girl trying to escape a life of prostitution. When beautiful young Ryanna goes out for a drink with her boyfriend's sister, she realizes the danger that she is in. For this is no ordinary pub, but a brothel, and she runs away. Harry, the brothel owner, desires Ryanna and catches her, but she escapes him and turns for help to her boyfriend, Richard, who just passed his violin examination with the symphony orchestra. As Richard is playing a concert one night, Ryana watches him on television and excitedly phones her brother Nicholas in New York. A knock on her door announces it's a flower delivery. When Ryanna opens the door and sees it's Harry, she screams. Harry drugs her and takes her to an old house he just bought. Nicholas, still on the phone, alerts police who are there when Richard comes home to find Ryana has been kidnapped. The hunt is on to find Ryanna before her life is forever ruined. Alida van den Bos grew up in Holland. She emigrated with her husband and two children to Australia, where adventure beckoned. "We tried digging for opal in Coober Pedy, and then started a horse stud with some successes in local and metropolitan racecourses aptly named Running Hoofs. As we were getting older, we went in the antique trade and I wrote stories at every opportunity, using life experiences." Publisher's website: http: //sbprabooks.com/AlidavandenBos