The Hourglass - Rilegato

Parsons, Julie

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0333906969 ISBN 13: 9780333906965

Casa editrice: Macmillan, 2006

Riassunto

Beyond high iron gates fastened shut with a length of chain, lies the stark, beautiful Trawbawn. Here, haunted by a dark, mysterious past and largely ignored by the people of nearby Skibbereen, lives the frail Lydia Beauchamp. But old Ma Beauchamp's private existence is interrupted when a stranger arrives - a young man called Adam who wanders into the vast grounds of Trawbawn and becomes one of Lydia's most welcome contacts with the outside world. When Lydia sets her new confidante a challenge, he eagerly accepts - Adam must travel to Dublin to find her estranged daughter. But it is a task tainted by an air of menace. For what terrible past has driven a daughter from her mother? And what true motive lies behind Adam's generous act? Soon the unlikely friends are entwined in a deadly game, and a pursuit born of an old lady's desire for peace mutates into a terrible, relentless need for revenge . . .

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Descrizione del libro:

A beautifully crafted, deeply foreboding new thriller

L'autore:

Julie Parsons was born in New Zealand and has lived most of her adult life in Ireland. She has had a varied career – artist’s model, typesetter, freelance journalist, radio and television producer – before returning to write fiction. This is her fifth novel, following Mary, Mary, The Courtship Gift, Eager to Please and The Guilty Heart.

Julie lives outside Dublin, by the sea, with her family.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0333906969
• ISBN 13: 9780333906965
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 368