Doctor Syn
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2022
Language: eng
Subjects: Smuggling -- Fiction; Smugglers -- Fiction; Romney Marsh (England: Marsh) -- Fiction; Adventure; Fiction
Description: <p>Doctor Syn is a quiet, unassuming vicar in the small fishing village of Dymchurch-under-the-wall. He, his sexton Mipps, and the friendly villagers lead a simple life—until a frigate sent by the King lands at their docks, and an officious captain steps down into the village in search of smugglers.</p> <p>As the captain and his crew investigate the tiny town of Dymchurch, the village is struck by a string of mysterious murders, and the king’s men soon find themselves embroiled in a dark conspiracy. The town and its quirky inhabitants may not be all that they seem.</p> <p><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/russell-thorndike">Russell Thorndike</a> turned to fiction writing after serving in World War I. <i>Doctor Syn</i> is the first in his <a href="https://standardebooks.org/collections/doctor-syn">series of thirteen novels featuring the titular character</a>, though chronologically, the events in this novel are the epilogue to the series.</p>