The House Between Tides
On sale
3rd October 2019
Price: £19.99
WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018!
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A captivating story of a crumbling estate in the wilds of Scotland, its century-old secret and an enduring mystery…
Following the death of her last living relative, Hetty Deveraux leaves London and her strained relationship behind for Muirlan, her ancestral home in Scotland – now in ruins. As Hetty dives headfirst into the repairs, she discovers a shocking secret protected by the house for a hundred years.
With only whispered rumours circulating among the local villagers and a handful of leads to guide her, Hetty finds the power of the past is still affecting her present in startling ways.
*previously published as Bhalla Strand*
(P) 2019 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
*******
A captivating story of a crumbling estate in the wilds of Scotland, its century-old secret and an enduring mystery…
Following the death of her last living relative, Hetty Deveraux leaves London and her strained relationship behind for Muirlan, her ancestral home in Scotland – now in ruins. As Hetty dives headfirst into the repairs, she discovers a shocking secret protected by the house for a hundred years.
With only whispered rumours circulating among the local villagers and a handful of leads to guide her, Hetty finds the power of the past is still affecting her present in startling ways.
*previously published as Bhalla Strand*
(P) 2019 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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There is an echo of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca in Sarah Maine's appealing debut novel
A tremendous accomplishment. So assured, so well-judged, and with such an involving story to tell, this might be the author's fifth or sixth novel, not her first. A literary star is born!
...it came as a great surprise to learn that this was the author's debut novel. I predict great things for Sarah Maine
Scotland's Outer Hebrides provides the sensuous setting for [this] impressive debut...[a] beautifully crafted novel.
Maine skillfully balances a Daphne du Maurier atmosphere with a Barbara Vine-like psychological mystery...The setting emerges as the strongest personality in this compelling story, evoking passion in the characters as fierce as the storms which always lurk on the horizon. A debut historical thriller which deftly blends classic suspense with modern themes.
Lovely atmospheric descriptions of Hebridean light and landscape