A dazzling novel by one of Britain's most acclaimed thriller writers - THE TIMES
Llewellyn shuttles his narrative backwards and forwards through 150 years of duplicity, seafaring and plant-hunting with imagination, dash and a fine, high style... Delicious - LITERARY REVIEW
This is an exciting, action-packed novel, cleanly written and elegantly plotted - HARPERS & QUEEN
The author of THE SHADOW IN THE SANDS has surpassed himself with an ingenious mosaic of a mystery...Love, lust, sea tragedies and missed inheritance are beautifully framed into the drama - PUBLISHING NEWS
A taut suspenseful thriller, with echoes of Daphne du Maurier and Stephen King - MAIL ON SUNDAY