The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar Paperback Book 9781784705992

A cracking historical novel with a twinge of the surreal about passion and obsession The TimesSHORLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018One September evening in 1785 the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstep