Book description
Cumbria, 1783. A broken heritage; a secret history... The tomb of the
first Earl of Greta should have lain undisturbed on its island of bones
for three hundred years. When idle curiosity opens the stone lid,
however, inside is one body too many. Gabriel Crowther's family bought
the Gretas' land long ago, and has suffered its own bloody history. His
brother was hanged for murdering their father, the Baron of Keswick, and
Crowther has chosen comfortable seclusion and anonymity over estate and
title for thirty years. But the call of the mystery brings him home at
last. Travelling with forthright Mrs Harriet Westerman, who is escaping
her own tragedy, Crowther finds a little town caught between new horrors
and old, where ancient ways challenge modern justice. And against the
wild and beautiful backdrop of fells and water, Crowther discovers that
his past will not stay buried. Imogen Robertson grew up in Darlington,
studied Russian and German at Cambridge, and now lives in London. She
directed for TV, film and radio before becoming a full-time author, and
also writes and reviews poetry. Imogen won the Telegraph's 'First
thousand words of a novel competition' in 2007 with the opening of
Instruments of Darkness, her first novel. Want to know more? Visit www.
imogenrobertson. com.
