The Beach of Atonement

An early Upfield mystery novel, first published in 1930. This is the story of a man who shot his wifes lover and thus created a memory which wrecked his own life. It is a strong and strangely compelling tale full of vivid descriptions and graphic pictures. Arnold Dudley loved his wife and killed the man who stole her from him. Hunted by justice, pursued by bitter remorse, he fled to a stretch of beach on the Australian coast and lived in utter loneliness. When almost driven to madness by the solitude, he meets two women, who strive with splendid sacrifice to re build his broken life. They fail; and it is left for fate to provide the great opportunity for expiation.