Days Without NumberNick Paleologus is summoned to the unyielding bosom of his family to help resolve a dispute which threatens to set his brothers and sisters against their aged and irascible father. Michael Paleologus, retired archaeologist and supposed descendent of the last Emperors of Byzantium, lives alone at Trennor, a remote and rambling house on the Cornish bank of the Tamar. A ridiculously generous offer has been made for the house, but he refuses to sell

in distressing detail

but romance lovers of all ages

FINANCIAL TIMES *

A twisting

or such culinary highlights as Arctic Roll and Grilled Grapefruit (then considered something of a status symbol in Wolverhampton)

But two days after her arrival

intriguing and gripping

after 22 years

its obvious theres more at stake than she could ever have imagined

In Inspector Iwata

of supporting them all

Memories surface of the long