With the objective of creating realistic places for my characters to occupy, I chose two locations for my novel, where I have spent a lot of time. The first, and where most of the novel is located, is the capital of a province in Spain with the same name, Alicante.
Alicante offers many attractions, a few have found themselves adorning the pages of my book, such as …
- Postiguet beach
- Santa Bárbara castle
- Isla de Tabarca snorkelers’ treat
- Mercado Central gourmets’ empyrean
- Plaza Nueva retired aquarium
- Estadio José Rico Pérez football venue
While not a location, there is a spectacular point of reference to this splendid town, the …
- Hogueras – Fogueres – Bewitching bonfires
An additional location in Spain, some distance from the province of Alicante must also be mentioned, the wonderful region famous for one product above all others …
- La Rioja – Viticultura – Oenologists’ nirvana
For the rest, some of the characters spend their time in the most populated borough of the capital of the U.K., the London Borough of Croydon.
A few locations in this most cosmopolitan borough are mentioned including a watering-hole in London’s oldest street market …
- Surrey Street Heart of Croydon
- Reeves Corner Habitat of House of Reeves
- Selhurst Park Home of CPFC
- Shirley Hills Hang-out of Shirley Windmill
There are passing references to the media, in particular one example of the local printed media is indicated …
… another couple of newspapers are also referred to …