Secrets are dangerous; lies can rebound. And when discovery threatens to overturn your whole life…

‘The author’s love for and familiarity with Granada and life in Spain shine through on every page’ – Jill Foulston, author of La Vita E’ Bella

Passionate, free-spirited Deborah has finally found peace and a fulfilling relationship in her adopted city of Granada – but when she is seriously injured in the Madrid train bombings of 2004, it is her sister Alice who is forced to face the consequences of a deception they have maintained for ten years.

At Deborah’s home in Granada, Alice waits, ever more fearful. Will her sister live or die? And how long should she stay when each day brings the risk of what she most dreads, a confrontation with Deborah’s Moroccan ex-lover, Hassan? At stake is all she holds dear…

Secrets of the Pomegranate explores, with compassion, sensitivity and – despite the tragic events – humour, the complicated ties between sisters, between mothers and sons and between lovers, set against a background of cultural difference and prejudices rooted in Granada’s long history of Muslim-Christian struggles for power.

Secrets of the Pomegranate was selected as one of the Top Ten Self-Published Books 2015 by The Bookbag and has been awarded an IndieBrag Medallion

Barbara Lamplugh was born and grew up in London. She studied Language and English at York University before moving to Shropshire, where she lived on and off for over twenty-five years. The ‘off’ parts included an overland trip to Kathmandu in a converted fire-engine and a journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway followed by several months backpacking around Southeast Asia. She described her travels in Kathmandu by Truck (1976) and Trans-Siberia by Rail (1979), published by Roger Lascelles.

Preferring variety to routine, she has worked as a librarian, a project officer for Age Concern, a volunteer bureau organiser, a teacher of English, an editor and translator and a journalist. In 1999, spurred by the challenge of living in a different culture, she headed for Granada in Spain, where she still lives, inspired by views of hills and the Alhambra from her sunny terrace.

As a regular features writer for the magazine Living Spain, she contributed around a hundred articles on numerous aspects of life in Spain. She has also written for The Guardian, The Times Educational Supplement and other publications.

Although her heart and home are in Granada, she makes frequent visits to the UK to spend time with her children and grandchildren in Bristol and Edinburgh.

"A page-turning drama with wonderfully vivid atmosphere and detail."

– Sur in English

"Lamplugh does a great job of unveiling a little at a time – but still maintaining tension until the surprise of the final revelation.”

– Rebecca Foster, The Bookbag

"Secrets of the Pomegranate is one of those books that held my interest from the first page with what was literally an explosive start!" See the full review here.

– Brook Cottage Books

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Read about Secrets of the Pomegranate in SUR in English.

See the Brook Cottage Books review.

Read about Secrets of the Pomegranate and Barbara Lamplugh's interview with The Bookbag

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Read about Barbara Lamplugh's interview with Spain's leading expat newspaper, The Olive Press.