Jamaica Inn

Mary Yellan hopes to make a new home with her aunt Patience and uncle Joss at their remote inn in Cornwall. Instead, she finds herself among a violent band of smugglers in a lawless land. Navigating the perils of her new life, she spars with Joss’s younger brother, Jem, and witnesses a gruesome event.

Trapped in a desolate place, Mary fears for her innocence. She knows that Joss is not the smugglers’ leader, but Patience won’t tell her who is. With nowhere else to turn, Mary confides in the local vicar, Francis Davey, and his sister, Hannah. Later, a drunken Joss shares terrible secrets with Mary.

Mary experiences the depths of the smugglers’ evil as they lure a ship onto the rocks, then murder the crew. As the law closes in, Jem has a choice to make. Joss and Patience make plans to flee to Devon. After another grisly discovery, Mary goes to the only people she trusts: Vicar Davey and his sister.