High Water

For seventeen years, Ruth Judge has been a dutiful daughter to her father, undisputed head of the Judge household in London's East End docklands. Then in 1912, through a chance encounter with a stranger, she uncovers a more sinister side to his activities. As leader of the Brotherhood, those who dare to challenge him are doomed to ritual punishment, expulsion and unemployment. Ruth rejects her father's values but finds his influences extend further than she ever dreamed...


Genre: General Fiction