Cornwall 1845. What caused the death of a tattooed stranger found on Morwenstow beach clutching a key? Is he a victim of deliberate wrecking, lured by false lights? Or are tales of savage mermaids true?
Katherine Stansfield Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Katherine Stansfield je autorkou románov a básní, ktorá vyrastala na vresovisku Bodmin Moor. Jej detektívna séria z 19. storočia je zasadená do Cornwallu a sleduje netradičné duo vyšetrovateľov, ktoré sa zaoberá skutočnými historickými udalosťami a miestnym folklórom. Jej štýl je často opisovaný ako kríženie Sherlocka Holmesa, Akty X a Daphne du Maurier. Pod pseudonymom DK Fields spolupracuje s Davidom Towseyom na politických fantasy románoch.
The Magpie Tree
- 320 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
Jamaica Inn, 1844: the talk is of witches. A boy has vanished in the woods of Trethevy on the North Cornish coast, and a reward is offered for his return. Shilly has had enough of such dark doings, but her new companion, the woman who calls herself Anna Drake, insists they investigate.
Falling Creatures
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
Cornwall, 1844. On a lonely moorland farm not far from Jamaica Inn, farmhand Shilly finds love in the arms of Charlotte Dymond. When she's found on the moor with her throat cut, Shilly is determined to find out who is responsible, and so is the stranger calling himself Mr Williams who asks for Shilly's help.