The Malpas Legacy - Softcover

THE SEA GARDEN:

Stylish, rousing, succulent thriller... His control of a complex narrative is confident, skilful and sustaining (Literary Review)

A captivating novel' Western Mail, Cardiff

'The novel's exciting, action-packed and cleverly crafted plot will appeal to readers of thrillers and serious novels alike' North Cornwall Advertiser

'A dazzling novel by one of Britain's most acclaimed thriller writers' The Times
'This is to be read for the colour, and here it is brilliant.... This island...is an enchanting, romantic creation' The Times

'Dark and inventive...stylishly written' South Wales Argus (South Wales Argus)

'Llewellyn shuttles his narrative backwards and forwards through 150 years of duplicity, seafaring and plant-hunting with imagination, dash and a fine, high style... Like eating plum cake drenched in brandy: delicious if you take your time over it' Literary Review

'This is an exciting, action-packed novel, cleanly written and elegantly plotted' Harpers & Queen

'The author of THE SHADOW IN THE SANDS has surpassed himself with an ingenious mosaic of a mystery...Love, lust, sea tragedies and missed inheritance are beautifully framed into the drama' Publishing News

'Beautifully crafted, elegant novel... The Sea Garden has a great plot and really good characters' Toronto Globe and Mail

When David Walker, an Experimental Psychologist, saves one of his pupils from drowning it is the beginning of a brief but passionate affair. Two years later, Helen Costelloe writes to him out of the blue from Ireland. Married in the interim, her husband has now died and she has inherited Malpas - a vast, crumbling house in Munster. Detecting real need beneath the casual words, he agrees to visit - only to find he has stumbled into a bizarre family case history: a dark story of madness and suicide that stretches back a hundred years. A story that now threatens to claim Helen as its final victim...