Publisher's Synopsis
In 1856, Cornish schoolteacher Talwyn is grief-stricken when her father's body is discovered at the foot of cliffs near their home, but worse is to come when she discovers he was murdered. There have been two other unsolved killings and local magistrate Sir Joseph Sawle asks for assistance from Scotland Yard. Cornish born Amos Hawke is sent to investigate, giving him the opportunity to enquire into the disappearance of his own father from Cornwall some time before. Amos's relationship with Talwyn gets off to a disastrous start, but as he tries to bring her father's killer to justice Talwyn's help becomes indispensable.
