Weary, windswept, and wet, a young woman arrives outside Tregannon House, an estate-turned-asylum in somewhere near Cornwall in England. She awakens with little memory of how she got there, or why. She is convinced, however, of her identity as Georgina Ferrars. The only problem is the kind staff at the asylum assure her she…
REVIEW: THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN JOHN EMMETT by Elizabeth Speller
I am unhappy to report that the strongest element about this book is the cover art. It hearkens back to the wonderful Great Western Rail (and other) posters of the 1920s and 30s in England — the Golden Age of Travel. The contents, I’m afraid, do not. The story is set in 1920, just as…