'A cracking historical novel - with a twinge of the surreal - about
passion and obsession' The Times SHORLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE
FOR FICTION 2018 One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah
Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstep.
He has sold Jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaid. As
gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and
brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock's marvel. Its arrival
spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of
high society, where he meets Angelica Neal, the most desirable
woman he has ever laid eyes on... and a courtesan of great
accomplishment. This meeting will steer both their lives onto a
dangerous new course. What will be the cost of their ambitions? And
will they be able to escape the legendary destructive power a
mermaid is said to possess?
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