The curse of the Reckaviles
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About This Book
In this novel a fresh, unspoiled modern romance hangs on a thread of dark intrigues and of a family curse running back through generations of bold, high-hearted, generous, reckless and fated men. How the grey, lapping waters of an English town, the peace of an isolated convent, and the fair gardens of sunny Italy should hold the secret of the dark veil overshadowing the lives of a group of people - previously unknown to each other - is revealed through the complex threads of this entrancing story. The veil is torn away only with the solving of the baffling murder mystery - with the investigati...
Chapters (30)(click to expand)
- The Curse of the Reckaviles
- Book I. The Curse
- Chapter I. The “Final”
- Chapter II. The Coming of the Stranger
- Chapter III. The End of the Line
- Chapter IV. At the Castle
- Chapter V. The Reckavile Horror
- Chapter VI. Portham-on-Sea
- Chapter VII. In the Dark Night
- Chapter VIII. “The Red Cote”
- Chapter IX. The Mysterious Bungalow
- Chapter X. In the Churchyard
- Chapter XI. The Meaning of “The Red Cote”
- Chapter XII. The Unknown Speaker
- Chapter XIII. Detained on Suspicion
- Chapter XIV. A Vision of the Night
- Book II. The Reckaviles
- Chapter I. The Convent School
- Chapter II. Flight
- Chapter III. The Marriage
- Chapter IV. The Divorce and After
- Chapter V. The Second Marriage
- Chapter VI. The Blow Falls
- Chapter VII. A Nameless Wife
- Chapter VIII. Roy at Oxford
- Chapter IX. A Ghost from the Past
- Chapter X. At the “Black Horse”
- Chapter XI. Halley Continues the Narrative
- Chapter XII. The Secret Out
- Chapter XIII. The Last
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