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The House of the Wicked

The House of the Wicked

Author(s): D M Mitchell

Location(s): Porthgarrow

Genre(s): Mystery

Era(s): Late 19th Century

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1880: Stephen Denning is an artist arriving in Porthgarrow. It is an isolated Cornish fishing community, largely untouched by the modern, developing Victorian world, hanging onto its old traditions, superstitions and beliefs – a community that lives with a disturbing secret. So too does Denning.

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This is a well written mystery which portrays Victorian life in a remote Cornish fishing village with all the superstitions and beliefs – Leonie Docherty –

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