The Scourge of the Skua

<p><strong>When obsession from the past is unleashed upon the present</strong></p><p><br></p><p>The discovery of a 100-year-old murder in a client's family history leaves Esme Quentin bewildered by her client's curious reaction. </p><p><br></p><p>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 17th-century map associated with the name Chalacombe a local family with an intriguing and mysterious history.</p><p><br></p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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?</p>