The Memory of Eva Ryker

by Donald A. Stanwood

Hamish Hamilton, 1978, [First Edition], ISBN 0241988811, lightly illustrated with one or two black and white illustrations in text, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and covers, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping, chipping and small tears, a little creasing and foxing (see photographs)

“A young policeman involved in a horrifying murder case in Hawaii in 1941; a best-selling novelist with an extraordinary assignment in 1962.  Apparently, there was no connection, but of course there was.  For a start, the policeman and the novelist were one and the same person, Norman Hall, and then the assignment he was handed created the most appalling ripples from the past.  At first, it seemed straightforward enough.  World magazine wanted to do a special story to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  But it wasn’t quite as simple as that, because of the involvement of William Ryker, paralysed, a millionaire, living near Geneva.  His wife had gone down in the Titanic on that ghastly night of panic and tragedy; his daughter Eva had been saved but had never recovered from the shock.  Now, Ryker wanted to salvage the Titanic.”