The Stone Picker
a novel by Chris Leandro

If your heart misses a beat and there's a roaring in your ear at the mere sound of spring rain it's quite likely you're a stone picker too.

Pen is an English artist leading a bohemian life in the south west of France. Amateur archaeologist he discovers a passion as he is unexpectedly drawn into the restricted world of collecting local prehistoric artefacts.
However he is not prepared for the insane competitive greed of collectors. As mystery and intrigue snowball, he finds himself in a brutal environment leading his family into danger and his couple into conflict.
Could such a thing as a curse exist, and if it did could his discovery of a Neolithic tomb have awoken it? Though Pen has always been a reasonable, modest man he is about to discover an unexpected side to his character.