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Jamaica Inn
Classic Gothic fiction
Jamaica Inn
After her mother's death, young Mary Yellan travels to the bleak Cornish moors to live with her aunt and brutal uncle at Jamaica Inn. The inn's shuttered rooms and fearful silence conceal a smuggling operation whose violence reaches beyond stolen cargo. Mary risks trusting horse thief Jem Merlyn and an unsettling local clergyman while trying to protect her aunt and expose the men using the coast for wrecking. Dark and windswept, this Gothic novel suits a stormy night for readers who enjoy isolated inns, courageous heroines, criminal conspiracies, and landscapes that make escape feel nearly impossible.
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Murder and violent death; smuggling/criminal violence; kidnapping and confinement; attempted murder; physical assault; alcohol abuse; coercive/sexual threat; frightening atmosphere and sustained peril.
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