Skeletons For Sadness: A Sailing Thriller: A Story of Espionage, Love and War in the Falklands

by Ewen Southby-Tailyour

Edward Casement calls in at the Falkland Islands in September 1980. Things do not go according to plan, and having lost his crew, he eventually sails on a charter for the governor in the company of a newly arrived English nurse. But who is this Heather Cooper? And what lies behind her interest in Edward himself? In an atmosphere of growing intrigue, not all is as it seems. Then comes the Argentine invasion, and Edward and Heather find themselves drawn into the ensuing conflict-but who is on which side and who can be trusted?

356 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Stephen Gagin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read this book three (3) times as it reached in and touch me like no other story has. It's not complicated, just a man trying to sail around Cape Horn and gettign hung up in the Falkland Is. in 1982. If you are a sailor, you'll wish this was your story.