SCHOLEFIELD, Alan - The Sea Cave - (Excellent 1st Edition Hardcover in Wrapper)

Book and wrapper in great condition - Looks new  and unread to me.   >>>   A powerful novel of a South African dynasty and it's changing fortunes... In the aftermath of World War One, South Africa's once thriving ostrich-feather industry has dramatically declined. Now, in the early 1920s, times are becoming increasingly hard. So, when young, Edinburgh-born Kate Buchanan moves to South Africa and takes up employment with the Preller family on the Saxenburg estate - once the site of the wealthiest ostrich-breeders in the land - she quickly learns that nothing is what it used to be. Amongst the fading splendour of the Preller mansion, overlooking the wreck-strewn India Reef, Kate encounters a family haunted not only by past glories - but also many mysterious, unanswered questions. What dark secret is concealed in Mrs Preller's past? And, more importantly, what links her with Miriam Sachs, the drowned girl Kate discovers in a sea cave on the estate... A story of a community torn by suspicion, murder, and fear, The Sea Cave is at once a dramatic family saga, romantic adventure, and gripping murder mystery.                                              * Historical Fiction * Crime Fiction *