James Gordon is a former police detective who moves with his young family to the idyllic mountain village of Fornalutx in Mallorca for a better way of life Shortly after meeting a new arrival to the village he discovers the murdered body of his new misfit acquaintance This starts a sequence of events which makes James and his family the targets of South Londons underworld Gritty fastpaced and interspersed with a sprinkling of what makes The Valley of the Oranges such a special place Under a Mallorcan Sky is the debut novel of former police detective Neil Doloughan