Book description
Millie Trent, the toast - or scandal, according to some - of a West
Country sailing resort, is found drowned. The verdict is accidental
death, although no one seems to know when or why she ended up in the
sea. Paul Mycroft, despite his determination not to let the affair spoil
his family holiday, finds himself drawn into an enquiry that begins by
providing a startling diversity of views on Millie's character and ends
by involving him in unexpected danger. Praised by critics for his
clean prose style, characterization, and the strong sense of place in
his novels, Philip Maitland Hubbard was born in Reading, in Berkshire
and brought up in Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. He was educated at
Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for English verse in 1933. From
1934 until its disbandment in 1947 he served with the Indian Civil
service. On his return to England he worked for the British Council,
eventually retiring to work as a freelance writer. He contributed to a
number of publications, including Punch, and wrote 16 novels for adults
as well as two children's books. He lived in Dorset and Scotland, and
many of his novels draw on his interest in and knowledge of rural
pursuits and folk religion.
