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When obsession from the past is unleashed upon the present The discovery of a 100-year-old murder in a client's family history leaves Esme Quentin bewildered by her client's curious reaction. But with no instruction to find out more, Esme instead turns her attention to clearing the dilapidated outbuilding at her new cottage. Amongst the junk she finds a seventeenth-century map associated with the name Chalacombe, a local family with an intriguing and mysterious history. As Esme begins to unpick the threads of the family's story, she is plunged back to a time when lawlessness ruled the high seas and piracy was rife. The arrival of an unwelcome visitor raises questions which Esme cannot answer, and in a desperate search for the truth, Esme stumbles upon a bizarre and disturbing crime. Has she inadvertently uncovered a link between the Chalacombe family's enigmatic past and the 100-year-old murder? But who might be threatened by such a revelation now, in the present day? Who has got the most to lose?

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Wendy Percival's interest in genealogy was stirred by the time honored ""box of old documents in the attic"" and became the inspiration behind her Esme Quentin mystery novels. Wendy shares the intriguing, sometimes shocking, discoveries in her own family history on her website blog and has had several articles published in Shropshire Family History Society's quarterly journal and in Family Tree magazine. She lives in a thatched cottage with her husband in South West England, in a dream location for a family historian-next door to a churchyard. Bronwen Price trained at the Oxford School of Drama and spent many years as a professional actor in theater, television, and film before finding her home in the world of audiobooks. She loves nothing better than bringing truth and versatility to her storytelling. Bronwen Price trained at the Oxford School of Drama and spent many years as a professional actor in theater, television, and film before finding her home in the world of audiobooks. She loves nothing better than bringing truth and versatility to her storytelling.

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