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2000s: A farmhouse on the Camel Estuary in Cornwall has plenty of secrets to reveal
Tregunna
What you need to know before your trail
There’s a farmhouse which sits deserted on the banks of the Camel Esturary in Cornwall. For something happened here fifteen years ago, a murder so gruesome that a little five year old girl was orphaned.
Now, however the scent of death still lingers as fifty year old woman has been found dead on a cliff edge in Newquay
DI Andy Tregunna is faced with the task of leading the investigation, but he’s on compassionate leave so this case becomes more and more of an obsession. As he gets more deeply involved. his personal and private life soon starts to merge.
Travel Guide
Welcome to rural Cornwall – Padstow
“ A narrow lane leads down to Hawker’s Cove, a small coastal settlement on the estuary mouth of the river. Halfway the farmhouse stands alone in the hillside, its old weathered walls dark and hostile in the gathering dusk of a gloomy afternoon”
This novel lovingly evokes the rugged setting of Cornwall in every detail.From the sound of the gulls flying overhead to the crashing of the waves below. Inspector Tregunna, his name ,a Cornish settlement of its own. The well known lighthouses even play their role
The landscape is very central to the plot and it’s the remoteness, the savagery of the setting that adds to the books appeal This is a book about the nature of the area but the characters and history which make it what it is.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Tregunna
Author/Guide: Carla Vermaat Destination: Padstow, Cornwall Departure Time: 2000s
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