The Ravenglass Line

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May Ricardo is a vivacious widow of grand passions and expensive tastes. But the shipping line that once supported her indulgent lifestyle is now in terminal decline, and one of her sons, Hugh, who runs it, can no longer afford to hide the truth. In fact, her reckless spending has increased dramatically since she fell under the spell of a new lover - the sinister Hungarian chancer Charlie Seker - and Hugh and his brother Jason fear what remains of their inheritance is about to disappear. But Seker's plans are even more dramatic and disturbing than they imagine, and soon they are caught in an extraordinary web of deceit and depravity.

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'More than enough is done to hold the attention, and there are some loving descriptions of southern France' The Times - The Times

'Broodingly atmospheric' Publishers Weekly - Publishers Weekly

'Elegant, well-mannered novel...the story has a certain brooding charm' Sunday Telegraph - Sunday Telegraph

Author Bio

David Crackanthorpe was born at Newbiggin, Westmoreland, the home his family had lived in for some eight hundred years. He studied law at Oxford University and practised as a barrister in London, where he married the late Irish actress Helena Hughes. He lives in France where he has worked as a forester, gardener and cultivator of olive trees.