Too Much of Water S.K. Vaughn Bradford-born John Braine ranks alongside

Bradford-born John Braine ranks alongside Kingsley Amis

is called from London to treat his cousin

Then came a woman he should have stayed away from

no trace of any weapon when they found him in his cabin

Too Much of Water S.K. Vaughn Bradford-born John Braine ranks alongsideEastwold, 1670, and local legend tells how on a still night, if you stand on the beach there, you can still hear the bells of the drowned church of St James tolling mournfully beneath the waves Eastwold, once one of the greatest ports in England, has been fighting a losing battle with the sea ever since it was granted its charter by King John. Bit by bit the waves have eaten the soft cliffs on which it stands, until only a handful of houses remain.