The Lonely Shore - Crail Family Trilogy Author:Diana R. Tuke The Lonely Shore is the final instalment in the Crail family trilogy and this time takes the Crails from London to Exmoor once again, this time for a truly family Christmas with Colonel Crail's brother and his family at Tarr Steps. Finding an old photograph album in the attic showing the old family home in Essex the Crails decide to go in search... more » of the house on their return to London. They travel down to Harwich and locate their ancestors by studying each of the gravestones in the village churchyard a few miles from the town. This leads them to the house itself, now empty on the windswept shore - or so they believe! Further investigation reveal that the outbuildings are in fact being used by smugglers to ship diamonds over to Holland sewn into the manes of Shetland ponies. With the sanction of the police, the Crails follow the ponies to Holland and back and help the police in their quest to apprehend the smugglers.« less