num_pages: 417
description: John Rossendale, heir to an impoverished earldom, thorn in his family's side, is content to wander the oceans in a 38-foot cutter called Sunflower. But even on the peaceful seas, mystery seems to find him and lure him into dangerous waters.Even after four years away, John Rossendale doesn't want to go home to England. In fact, he'd vowed never to go home. Still home is where he is sailing. Home to his bickering, suspicious family and a bizarre series of events.It seems that someone is desperately after a family treasure, a valuable painting - a painting that has been lost for years...a painting that everyone thinks John Rossendale has.Suddenly, sea gypsy Rossendale is plunged into an ever-deepening mystery of blackmail, ransom, and betrayal. He's trapped in someone's violent game of cat-and-mouse - until in the fog-shrouded waters of the Channel Islands, alone and unarmed, Rossendale finds himself confronting his foe...and his death.
language: English
title: Killer's Wake
titlecomplete: Killer's Wake
genres: Historical, Crime, Suspense, Adventure, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Action, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 2234
series: Thrillers
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize 日本冒険小説協会大賞特別賞
category: Best Translated Novel
publisher: HarperTorch