Synopsis

The salt wind carried a familiar melancholy through Portwenn, a feeling that seemed perpetually poised on the edge of disruption. For Penhale and Janice, it was a constant companion. Their lives, interwoven with the town's rhythms, rarely unfolded without a ripple of unforeseen complications. A quiet moment of anticipation was invariably shadowed by the knowledge that something – anything – could unravel it all. In Portwenn, it seemed, tranquility was a fleeting illusion, and even the simples