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‘Mr Thompson has the verbal photography of Ernest Hemingway’ Cornish Guardian
‘A vigorous and fascinating piece of storytelling from the pen of a world-class professional’ The Sunday Times
Beyond the Storm E.V. Thompson When the fiercest storm in living memory pounds the shores of 19th century Cornwall, wrecking ships and bringing death and destruction to seafarers and coastal communities, a young girl is found, barely alive, washed up among the rocks of a remote north Cornish cove. Her arrival and the mystery surrounding her background will affect the lives of those who come to know her, and for Alice Kilpeck in particular, nothing will ever be the same again. E.V. Thompson was born in London, After spending nine years in the Royal Navy, he served as a Vice Squad policeman in Bristol, became an investigator for British Overseas Airways (during which time he was seconded to the Hong Kong Police Narcotics Bureau), then headed Rhodesia’s Department of Civil Aviation Security Section. While in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), he published over two hundred short stories before moving back to England to become a full-time awardwinning writer. His first novel, Chase the Wind, the opening book in the Retallick saga, won the Best Historical Novel Award, and since then more than thirty novels have won him thousands of admirers around the world. 198 x 129mm • p/b • 288pp • Rights: World • 978-0-7090-9181-3 £7.99 • May 2012
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