This is a novel by Florence Marryat, published in 1892. It tells the story of Alymer Stair, a young Englishwoman who travels to Jamaica to visit her father, a wealthy plantation owner. Once there, she becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder, and must use all her wit and cunning to survive. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This...