North Riding

With Queen Victoria newly bereaved the fashions of the age are changing And the Falgrave family is convinced that now is the time when the dark intricate jewellery they make from local Whitby jet will at last come into its own. But when Abel the driving force behind the Falgrave firm is disabled in a cliff-face accident there are many keen to wrest the advantage from the two women left in charge. Maud Falgrave and her daughter Hester are determined to prove that they have a business instinct every bit as hard as the black gemstone that they love.