The Yardstick

Handsome, brilliant and charming, young Doctor Connaught is much sought after, chiefly by bored, hypochondriac, society women! Having grown up in Louisiana - among homeless children, in a shelter financed by Amy-Lee Ashton, and of which his parents are the directors - Tristan is proud, upon his return to the country of his birth, to count the rich and famous among his patients. When, during a visit to his great-uncle, Doctor Hugo Connaught, in a remote and arid village situated in the Kalahari Desert, he persuades Doctor Hugo to allow him to respond to a call from an eccentric, hermit professor who has chosen to live in isolation with his two, reputedly beautiful young daughters, he soon finds himself in a unique situation which is both intriguing and challenging...

Volume 3 of The Beauclaire saga. Another novel in the Stories from South Africa series

By the author of 'When you know that you know, that you know: or the redemption of Benjamin Ashton' and 'Dominic Verwey - Samaritan of the Sahara'

The Kalahari provides the setting for 'The Yardstick' - Marie Warder's 21st book

'One cannot measure anything without some scale of measurement, whether it be visible, tangible, audible, or even experiential. " One needs a yardstick!" contends the writer of this enthralling book, and how superbly she proves this!

"Wow! What a roller coaster ride! This writer is known for plots and situations that seem impossible to resolve – but somehow she always does! I was hooked from beginning to end, and I would implore all who read ‘The Yardstick’ to keep the conclusion to themselves!" - Barry Wolf

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