The setting [of The Coriander] is a small island off the west coast of Ireland, so remote that no doctor will live and work there. When the Coriander is wrecked off the coast and two island boys find a doctor among the survivors but separated from the rest of the crew and with a broken leg, they hide him, much against his will…. There is plenty of action, excitement, mystery and intrigue, and pervading the whole story is the magic of Ireland, which the author invokes skilfully and hauntingly. Strongly recommended.