Cast no shadows - E. V. Thompson

CAST NO SHADOWS - Rising from rolling mists and sheeting rain, Dartmoor prison is a forbidding symbol of Britain in 1812, at war with both France and the United States. Tacy Elford takes produce to the prison market and the sight of such a pretty, innocent young girl lightens the heart of Lt. Pilgrim Penn, unjustly punished for crossing the authority of the
prison militia. Illicit love is an invaluable commodity to an imprisoned man but with love comes other discoveries - that powerful men will authorise the most public, terrifying demonstrations of cruelty....
HARVEST OF THE SUN - Aboard the ship bound for Australia were Josh retallick and Miriam Thackeray, prisoners destined for the convict settlements...until the random hand of fate wrecked their vessel on the South West coast of Africa. Far from brooding Bodmin Moor, Josh and Miriam are strangers in a hostile land, an alien world of Bushmen and Hereros, of foraging Boers and greedy traders, of ivory tusks and smuggled guns.....

E V Thompson was born in London and spent nine years in the Navy before joining Bristol police. He moved to Hong Kong, then Rhodesia and had over 200 stories published before returning to England to become a full-time award-winning writer. He passed away in 2012.

For CAST NO SHADOWS: 'a novel slant on the boy meets girl scenario and is well written and very easy to read.
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