Aline Riva
ASIN: B00AKGFN3I
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 298
In 1910 the coastal town of Steeplewick is transformed as the Valentine brothers, Felix, Carl and Bertie build a huge fairground called Poseidon's Playground.Felix is a wealthy businessman with a dark secret - he suffers with mental illness. Bertie is sympathetic towards his fragile brother, but Carl plots with Dr. Rufus Warren, owner of a lunatic asylum, to murder Felix for his money.But Felix has fallen in love with Amy, hired by Bertie to care for his brother whilst working under the guise of housekeeper. Amy persuades Felix to refuse the dangerous ‘therapy’ that Dr. Warren offers him.Then Felix suffers a breakdown - and in a moment of desperation accepts the doctor’s offer - not realising he is walking into a deadly trap...