With a prologue set in 1945, the rest of the action is split between 1911 and 2011. We are treated to two stories, connected by place and family, about two women, dominated by men they are afraid to leave, featuring two love affairs and the tale of a troubled artist and his paintings. We see how...
An atmospheric debut novel about a woman who discovers the century-old remains of a murder victim on her family’s Scottish estate, plunging her into an investigation of its mysterious former occupants.Following the death of her last living relative, Hetty Deveraux leaves London and her strained rela...
Evelyn Ballantyre has grown up in a privileged but sheltered life on Ballantyre estate in the Scottish Borderlands in the 1890's. Her father is a respected magistrate and has spent his life carefully building up his wealth and taking care of his holdings. One choice Ballantyre has made was to take i...
By: Sarah Maine ISBN: 9781501126918 Publisher: Atria Publication Date: 8/2/2016 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars British author, Sarah Maine, delivers an atmospheric mysterious and suspenseful debut, THE HOUSE BETWEEN TIDES —a compelling mix of historic, Gothic and contemporary. A mystery ...
The tale of a once grand house, now almost a ruin in the Outer Hebrides featuring Beatrice in 1910/11 and Hetty in 2010. Both have to deal with men who would like to control them. Beatrice is married to a talented artist and Hetty has inherited the estate and has to decide what to do with it, but he...
From 1910 to 2010, The Isle of Skye, inherited castles, and human bones.THE HOUSE BETWEEN TIDES takes us back to 1910 when Theo and Beatrice Blake spent their summers in Muirlan House in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and then to present day when Hetty inherits the ruins of the house with hopes of...
#THEHOUSEBETWEENTIDES I loved this book going from present day to back in time to another era and with a mystery that comes with a very old house. A house that Hetty (present day) thinks that she is going to turn into a bed and breakfast. An idea not favorable with the locals and also not an idea ...
The House Between Tides, the debut novel by Sarah Maine, is the story of an old crumbling house and the secrets it hides. The premise and the structure remind me of Kate Morton's books and Natasha Solomons' The Song of Hartgrove Hall. I love the atmospheric setting and the descriptions of the natura...
The house that Hetty Deveraux has just inherited is no prize. Originally, Muirlan House was a Victorian manor, the home of up-and-coming painter Theo Blake. Now the house is falling to pieces. It will cost millions to restore, as Hetty planned. It’s a daunting project even before a local contractor ...
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