Innocent Cities

A mysterious Australian woman, accompanied by two children, arrives in the young, 'innocent' city of Victoria, British Columbia, in the year 1881. When she announces that she is Kate Jordan, the long-lost wife of James Horncastle, the community is shocked. Sweeping the reader from Australia to Canada, from San Francisco to Manchester, award-winning author Jack Hodgins weaves a wondrous web of intercontinental intrigue, rich in character, incident and evocative detail....