When Edgar Freemantle moves to the remote island of Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn't expect to find much there.
An elderly spinster has been poisoned in her country home…
Everyone blamed Emily’s accident on a rubber ball left
The death of his beloved wife leaves the Duke of Omnium, former Primer Minister, struggling to impose his will on his three children: in debt, & in love with unsuitable marriage partners, they seek to go their own way, & the novel explores family conflict, principle, & the conquering power of love. The last in the superb Palliser series.