Dangerous Waves
It is 1897. 18-year-old Daniel Robertshaw has always been an outsider. Naive and childlike, he is shunned by his neighbours in the Yorkshire fishing port of Staithes.
When Daniel discovers the dead body of a young girl washed up on the rocks, he is immediately assumed guilty of killing her.
As the city of York prepares for a murder trial, more questions arise. Who is the young girl? Her body has not been claimed. Will Daniel be able to prove his innocence? Fossil-collecting barrister, James Cairn, knows Daniel and is willing to represent him in court. He faces a struggle to prove Daniel’s innocence, but first he must find the real killer.
"Dangerous Waves … a tremendous mystery with twists and turns that keep you gripped until the final page. I couldn’t put it down."
Kay Mellor
"A gripping detailed picture of the hard life of Yorkshire fisher folk and police and legal procedure at the end of Victoria's reign. The climax is a Crown Court murder trial that smacks of Hitchcock at his best ."
John Lynott
