The Poacher's Wife

This thrilling novel is a 1906 mystery by English author, poet, and dramatist Eden Phillpotts, set in Dartmoor and the West Indies. Dan Sweetland is about to wive Minnie Marshall, in the deepest Devonshire, in the area of Dartmoor. Dramatically on the day of his wedding, Dan is wrongfully charged with shooting the gamekeeper of the Middlecott preserves. Unfavorable evidence puts Dan at the crime scene, and he is arrested for this crime when the gamekeeper dies from his injuries. The plot circles around Dan's escape and his wife Minnie's attempt to clear his name.

The Poacher's Wife is a well-written mystery with intriguing characters. Throughout the book, it keeps the reader wanting to discover «What's next?».

Excerpt from The Poacher's Wife

"In one corner, round a table, men sat and laughed, but the object of their amusement did not share the fun. He was a powerful, bull-necked man with a clean-shorn face, grey whiskers, and dark eyes that shone brightly under pent-house brows, bushy and streaked with grey."