Though the heavens may fall

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Title:

Though the heavens may fall

Author:

Thompson, E. V. (Ernest Victor), 1931-2012.

ISBN:

9780751536195

Personal Author:

Thompson, E. V. (Ernest Victor), 1931-2012.

Publication Date:

2008

2007

Publication Information:

London : Sphere, 2008.

Physical Description:

473 p. ; 18 cm.

General Note:

Originally published: 2007.

Abstract:

It is 1856. Cornish schoolteacher Talwyn is grief-stricken when her father's body is discovered by coastguards on the rocks at the foot of cliffs near their home. Worse is to come, and grief turns to horror when she learns that his death was not a tragic accident. He was murdered.

Subject Term:

Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Cornwall (County) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Genre:

Saga.

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Material Type

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30117033132040

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Summary

It is 1856. When three men are murdered in Cornwall, Amos Hawke, a Cornish detective working from London's Scotland Yard, is sent to investigate. He finds lodgings with one of the murdered men's wives - and her daughter, Talwyn. But while Amos's relationship with Talwyn gets off to a bad start, she is to prove crucial in helping him bring her father's killers to justice.

A wonderful tale from a master storyteller, Though the Heavens May Fall has its heart and soul in the lore and landscape of Cornwall.

Author Notes

E. V. Thompson was born on July 14 1931. He left the Burford Grammar School in Oxfordshire at the age of 16 to join the Royal Navy, where he remained until 1956, serving in Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked for the Bristol constabulary, was an investigator with BOAC, was chief security officer for the department of civil aviation in Rhodesia, and worked at Devonport Naval Dockyard.

His first book, Chase the Wind, was published in 1977. He wrote about 40 historical novels during his lifetime including Harvest of the Sun, The Dream Traders, Cry Once Alone, Blue Dress Girl, Somewhere a Bird Is Singing, Winds of Fortune, Beyond the Storm, and The Bonds of Earth. He was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 New Year's Honours list. He died on July 19, 2012 at the age of 81.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In Thompson's quietly powerful puzzler set in 1856, Det. Constable Amos Hawke of Great Scotland Yard goes undercover to try to catch the killer of schoolteacher Edward Kernow and two excise officers who got too close to a smuggling ring in Cornwall. Amos, who officially is searching for his long-lost father, a former miner, lodges at the Charlestown cottage of Kernow's widow, Maisie, and her schoolteacher daughter, Talwyn. In the course of his investigation, Amos meets Captain Billy, a drunk who knew his father when they toiled at the Wheal Notter copper mine. Billy is reluctant to say much, however, for fear of brothers Hannibal and Pasco Davey, miners-turned-crooks who will brook no interference from snoops. Thompson (The Vagrant King) leavens this multilayered historical with a chaste, slow-burning romance (after a bumpy start) between Amos and Talwyn, who even helps her detective swain-to-be on a crucial "spy" mission to France. (Oct.) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

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