It is 1897. 18-year-old Daniel Robertshaw has always been an outsider. Naive and childlike, he is shunned by his neighbours in the Yorkshire fishing port of Staithes. When Daniel discovers the dead body of a young girl washed up on the rocks, he is immediately assumed guilty of killing her. As the city of York prepares for a murder trial, more questions arise. Who is the young girl? Her body has not been claimed. Will Daniel be able to prove his innocence? Fossil-collecting barrister, James Cairn, knows Daniel and is willing to represent him in court. He faces a struggle to prove Daniel's innocence, but first he must find the real killer.
La Trilogia del Mistero di Cairn Serie
Questa avvincente serie trasporta i lettori in un aspro porto di pescatori alla fine del XIX secolo, dove segreti ed emarginazione sociale si scontrano. Quando il corpo di una giovane ragazza viene ritrovato sulla riva, il sospetto cade immediatamente su un innocente e ingenuo outsider. Un determinato avvocato interviene per difendere il giovane emarginato, affrontando una complessa battaglia legale contro i pregiudizi radicati. Svela un mistero avvincente pieno di drammi giudiziari e dell'oscurità nascosta che si cela sotto la superficie di una comunità apparentemente tranquilla.


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It is 1899. The Reverend George Hobb has been attacked by a gang and is now recovering, bloodied and bruised, in a dark prison cell. A York-based barrister, James Cairn, is called to defend Hobb in what appears to be an open-and-shut case, except for one thing: the Reverend has swapped his dog collar for a woman's dress. The authorities are determined to make an example of Hobb - but why? Can Cairn prove his innocence? After receiving a blackmail threat, Cairn hires Mortimer Blakely, a private investigator. When Blakely mysteriously goes missing, Cairn realises that his own life is in danger.