Porthminster Hall - Hardcover

The new romantic thriller from a master storyteller One dark and stormy night, a terrified young mother seeks refuge at the home of her former nanny, old Tam, a fisherwoman in St Ives. Distraught, Louise Polmar begs Tam to care for baby Mariella whilst she takes little Patrick to the safety of her own family in France. Louise never returns, and Ella grows up in the little hovel, unaware that she is one of the Polmars of Porthminster Hall. When she is eighteen Tam tells Ella the truth. She decides to make the acquaintance of her family and try to learn the fate of her mother and brother . Are they still alive? Why did Louise leave her, never to return? There are dark secrets at Portminster Hall. As Ella begins to unravel the mysteries of past and present, she finds herself in mortal danger. The same mortal danger from which her mother had fled more than twenty years ago?

"A story that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. As one of too few authors writing classic gothics, Tanner is priceless" Booklist on Forgotten Destiny "Once again Tanner proves to be a master of the gothic genre" Booklist on Tucker's Inn "In the tradition of Mary Stewart and Victoria Holt, Tanner once again conjures up an excellent gothic you can't put down until the last villain is revealed" Booklist on The Penrose Treasure"