From the author of Poldark, the bestselling book and hit television series.

Ever since a fateful accident occurred in her childhood, crippling her for life, twenty-six year old Deborah Dainton has lacked confidence.

Although convinced of her unattractiveness to men, she gradually becomes persuaded by one man’s love for her and blossoms into a life of romance. But each step into this relationship plunges her further into a sinister and dangerous enterprise . . .

With his signature masterly detail, Winston Graham unfolds a high drama crisis minute by minute through captivating characters and shocking consequences in The Walking Stick.

"From the incomparable Winston Graham . . . who has everything that anyone else has, then a whole lot more" - The Guardian

"The strength of Graham's writing lay in its tremendous narrative power." - Telegraph