The Golden Fleece — Norah Lofts

A stranger came to the inn bearing a deadly secret...

One day in the autumn of 1817 the Ipswich coach discharged a strange, ill-assorted company at the Fleece Inn. It was a day destined to change forever the lives of those who lived at the Fleece.

Will Oakley....The Fleece's landlord. A quiet man who was more than he seemed; a man with a past that had been carefully hidden.

Myrtle...Will's daughter. Beautiful, generous, bright-spirited, and foolishly in love with a man who would never make her his wife.

Roger...Young. aristocratic, careless. He loves Myrtle, but an innkeeper's daughter would not do. Roger sought a wealthy wife to pay his debts.

Harriet...Will's younger daughter. She was no beauty, but she had courage enough for all.

Jonathan...He knew Will's secret and he was going to make him pay...