Down to the Sea

Rona and Craig buy a large Victorian house in Edinburgh's Newhaven district, but it is not quite right. Disturbing sounds can be heard, and their neighbor makes it clear that the house was not always a happy family home. Jessie, an inmate at the Newhaven Poorhouse, is not all she seems and begins to pick at the truth, uncovering secrets and lies that will have profound and dangerous consequences in the future.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 14 March 2019
Publisher: Saraband

When Rona and Craig purchase a sizable Victorian home in Edinburgh's Newhaven neighborhood, they intend to renovate it and turn it into a high-end care facility. But there is something amiss: strange noises can be heard when the sea mists swirl, and their erratic neighbor makes it clear that the house was not always a happy family home. And their "characterful historic pile has a dank cellar harboring remnants from days gone by. In the 1890s, superstitious fishwives blame young Jessie for the deaths of their menfolk in a terrible storm, and she is forced into the Newhaven Poorhouse. In those less enlightened times, life was often harsh, cruel, and Jessie is entirely at the mercy of a tyrannical matron. But one inmate is not all she appears. Jessie begins to pick at the truth, uncovering the secrets and lies that pervade the poorhouse, which will have profound and dangerous consequences in the future.

Weight: 284g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781912235339