The Blighted Cliffs

Not many men emerged from Trafalgar with not an ounce of credit to their names, but through an over-reliance on rum and his habitual bad luck, Lieutenant Martin Jerrold managed it.

In February 1806, he comes to Dover with one final chance to redeem his reputation. Before he has been there a day, however, he finds himself standing over a body that is too far from the cliffs to have fallen accidentally. To his horror, Jerrold is suspected of murder.

Somewhere in Dover’s twisted streets, someone must know something. But Jerrold soon discovers that nothing is it seems in a town where smuggling is a way of life. And all the while, Jerrold is gaining sympathy only in the less-than-respectable arms of Isobel, the girl who seems without any great effort on his part — to be becoming his mistress.

Distrusted by his superiors, set upon by intriguingly well-informed smugglers, and attacked by the French at sea, Jerrold has two weeks to save his skin — or perish in the attempt.

Not many men emerged from Trafalgar with not an ounce of credit to their names, but through an over-reliance on rum and his habitual bad luck, Lieutenant Martin Jerrold managed it.

In February 1806, he comes to Dover with one final chance to redeem his reputation. Before he has been there a day, however, he finds himself standing over a body that is too far from the cliffs to have fallen accidentally. To his horror, Jerrold is suspected of murder.

Somewhere in Dover?s twisted streets, someone must know something. But Jerrold soon discovers that nothing is it seems in a town where smuggling is a way of life. And all the while, Jerrold is gaining sympathy only in the less-than-respectable arms of Isobel, the girl who seems without any great effort on his part ? to be becoming his mistress.

Distrusted by his superiors, set upon by intriguingly well-informed smugglers, and attacked by the French at sea, Jerrold has two weeks to save his skin ? or perish in the attempt.