Solo Female Traveler

SOLO FEMALE TRAVELER: The Straightest Path Into Night by Jasper Loweis an edge-of-your-seat, historical thriller set in 1973 South America that blends fact and fiction.Our narrator: eighteen-year-old English solo traveler, Fran, is embarking on a gap year, just as her parents are filing for divorce. She takes a job working for sixty-something, Jewish-German emigre couple, Agatha and Dieter Voss, who run a quaint Argentine ski hostel, Beethoven House, located in picturesque Patagonia.Little does Fran know that Agatha and Dieter are harbouring a diabolical secret. With Juan Peron returned from political exile and about to take up the presidency once more, Fran becomes an unwitting pawn in their game.What follows is a fast-paced, gap year thrill ride, played out across Argentina and Brazil, and against the backdrop of the politics and history of the era.If you like:- twisty, propulsive page-turners- relationship dramas- history, music, travel- jaw-dropping, surprise twists- electrifying psychological conflict- protagonists in jeopardy this novel is for you.Original, addictive, bold and unhinged, SOLO FEMALE TRAVELER is The Serpent meets The Talented Mr.Ripley, and will have your pulses racing until the final page.With a wildly inventive plot that examines guilt, power and buried trauma, this is THE debut thriller everyone will be talking about in 2026.