The Lace Maiden

Deal Kent 1817: In Deal's narrow alleyways amid the gloomy counting houses and muttering inns Louisa Winnie and Grace Lennicker live in a dangerous world. When their father a talented smuggler is murdered by a rival gang the sisters are forced to carve out a living from the 'honourable trade' of smuggling. It's the only life they've known and they're determined not to let it be taken away. The stakes are high. Getting caught means imprisonment transportation or even the gallows. The smugglers' world is tight-knit but there are people in Deal who would throw them to the wolves at the drop of a hat. It will take every drop of courage wit and luck the sisters can muster to reclaim the life stolen from them - and to gain justice for their murdered father.