The Malpas Legacy

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When David Walker, an Experimental Psychologist, saves one of his pupils from drowning it is the beginning of a brief but passionate affair. Two years later, Helen Costelloe writes to him out of the blue from Ireland. Married in the interim, her husband has now died and she has inherited Malpas - a vast, crumbling house in Munster. Detecting real need beneath the casual words, he agrees to visit - only to find he has stumbled into a bizarre family case history: a dark story of madness and suicide that stretches back a hundred years. A story that now threatens to claim Helen as its final victim...

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'Stylish, rousing, succulent thriller...the sort of book you pick up just to sample the first chapter and wind up hauling around with you until you've gulped down the final page' LITERARY REVIEW - Literary Review

'Anyone who thinks the art of storytelling is dead should read Sam Llewellyn's books...THE MALPAS LEGACY is a racy tale of intrigue, madness and desire couched in compelling narrative and delectable prose' Bath Chronicle - Bath Chronicle

Author Bio

One of Britain's most acclaimed thriller writers, Sam Llewellyn's novels have been translated into twelve languages. He has written for the Daily Telegraph and the yachting magazines of Britain and America.