Carola Dunn: Valley of the Shadow (UK 2013) From the Publisher: A cryptic message spurs Eleanor on a frantic search for a refugee's missing family. While walking her dog with friends, Eleanor rescues a young half-drowned Asian man out the water. Delerious and concussed, he talks about his family being trapped in a cave. While the young man, unconscious by this stage, is whisked away to a hospital, a desperate effort is mounted to find the family of which he spoke. The local police inspector presumes they are refugees from East Africa, abandoned by the traffickers who brought them in, so while the countryside is being scoured for the family, Eleanor herself descends into a dangerous den of smugglers in a desperate search to find the man responsible while there is still time. Carola Dunn: Valley of the Shadow. A Cornish Mystery. Constable & Robinson Crime, ISBN: 9781780336503 (June, 2013), 309 p., £7.99.
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Carola Dunn: Valley of the Shadow (USA 2012) From the Publisher: While out on a walk, Eleanor Trewynn, her niece Megan, and her neighbor Nick spot a young, half-drowned Indian man floating in the water. Delirious and concussed, he utters a cryptic message about his family being trapped in a cave and his mother dying. The young man, unconscious and unable to help, is whisked away to a hospital while a desperate effort is mounted find the missing family in time. The local police inspector presumes that they are refugees from East Africa, abandoned by the smugglers who brought them into England, so while the Cornwall countryside is being scoured for the family, Eleanor herself descends into a dangerous den of smugglers in a desperate search to find the man responsible while there is still time. Carola Dunn: Valley of the Shadow. A Cornish Mystery. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 9780312600679 (December, 2012), 309 p., $24.99, eBook $7.99.
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