Every fun aspect of classic mysteries is employed in this book - and the creepy island setting is perfect for it. I really liked the writing style, which was very clear and descriptive.

Cherith Baldry's amateur sleuth Gawaine St Clair returns in this intriguing new mystery. If I didn't know otherwise I would have guessed it was written during the Golden Age of Crime Fiction. It benefits greatly from the same quality of writing and style as the best novels from that era and is full of welcome and recognisable tropes.
I love the setting of the small isolated (fictional) Cornish island of Morgarrow. It gives the plot an almost 'locked room' aspect. There's stolen artefacts, changed wills, cryptic post-it notes, a sudden storm trapping everyone on the island, and plenty of clues all aimed at misleading the reader - and it works, it works perfectly. The characters aid and abet the deception vigorously.
A return to traditional storytelling values which fans of good Crime Fiction will undoubtedly embrace and admire.

A strange story bringing Gawaine St. Clair to an island to help an acquaintance.

When Iris is bequeathed an entire island after the death of her Great Uncle she is afraid and anxious rather than thrilled. Something must have happened to Petroc. Why did he change his mind? Gawaine descends upon the Cornish island to solve the mystery before death strikes again. But can he save Iris? and the island?
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