An Isle of Surrey: A Novel

The story follows William Crawford, a man drawn into a canal-side mystery when a missing person and strange apparitions unsettle a close-knit riverside community. Investigations, a series of visitors at Boland's Ait, and entangled family ties reveal secrets across Richmond and Leeham: fires, private theatricals, a sold patent, and a life-threatening man overboard episode raise the stakes. Father–son conflicts, a found sister, nightmares, and a hostage crisis push Crawford through moral trials and daring rescues toward reconciliation, changed fortunes, and domestic resolutions within the isolated industrial landscape along the South London waterways.