Looking for long-lost poems, Simon wants to open the tomb of the poet and smuggler Jan Treverra who died with his wife Morwenna centuries ago. But when the tomb is opened in the presence of Detective Inspector George Felse who is spending his holidays with his family in Cornwall and came out of curiosity to witness the opening, the corpse within does not look very ancient at all... I was spellbound by this well-crafted novel set in the beautiful and rough landscape of the Cornish seaside. The author's character descriptions are very skilful, the characters appear vivid and deep. And I have found all different and yet entwined storylines equally suspenseful and touching - the mysterious death of Jan and Morwenna Treverra that was not at all as quiet as the epitaphs of their tombs ("No Saint could die more blessed and comforted than I...") suggest, the storyline of young boy Paddy discovering who he really is and, of course, the mystery of the recently dead man lying in the tomb of the poet...