Martin Hesp

Martin Hesp has spent over 50 years at the sharp end of British journalism, starting his career as a junior reporter at 17 and eventually becoming the Senior Feature Writer and Columnist for the Western Morning News and Western Daily Press.

A multi-award-winning journalist—including titles for Feature Writer, Columnist, and Environmental Journalist of the Year—Martin’s career has taken him from local flower shows to filing copy for The Guardian and the BBC World Service. This deep-rooted connection to the English West Country and his decades spent scrutinising the details of rural life provide the authentic backdrop for his fiction.

Veryan Lammoran sees what others miss.

A photographer working along Cornwall’s rugged coastline, she captures the shifting light, the sea, and the small details most people pass by. But sometimes, her camera picks up something more.

A figure where no one should be.
A moment that doesn’t quite make sense.
An image that refuses to be ignored.

As Veryan begins to look closer, what first seems like a curiosity slowly turns into something more troubling — a mystery rooted in the landscapes and hidden histories of the far west of Cornwall.

With journalist Thomas Hamilton — a seasoned reporter always alert to a story — documenting events as they unfold, the two find themselves drawn into a puzzle neither fully understands.