Lorna MacDougall, a wild rawboned girl of Scottish descent, is forced by unusual circumstances to leave her parents' farm and go to the island fortress of Cameron's Landing. It is in the 1880's in Maine, and the Camerons are a wealthy shipping family. Ostensibly called to work for Lady Margaret, the Cameron dowager, Lorna soon finds she is to be Margaret's eyes and ears - for Margaret believes someone in the family is a murderer.

Publication Year: 1977