Bhalla Strand - Couverture souple

Maine, Sarah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908754427 ISBN 13 : 9781908754424

Editeur : Freight Books, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A beautiful debut novel set in the Outer Hebrides, Bhalla Strand combines archaeology and dark mystery. In the present day, Harriet Deveraux returns to the family home of Bhalla House on a remote Hebridean island estate following the untimely death of her parents. Torn between selling the house and turning it into a hotel, Harriet undertakes urgent repairs, accidently uncovering human remains. Who has been lying beneath the floorboards for a century? Were they murdered? Through diaries and letters she finds, Harriet discovers that the house was occupied at the turn of the century by distant relative Beatrice Blake, a young aristocratic woman recently married to renowned naturalist and painter, Theodore Blake. With socialist and proto-environmentalist leanings Beatrice is soon in conflict with her autocratic new husband, who is distant, more interested in Cameron, a mysterious young man from the island. As Beatrice is also drawn to Cameron, a single kiss sets off a chain of events that will change all their lives, leaving Harriet to assemble the jigsaw of clues piece by piece one hundred years later, as she obsessively chases the truth. In Bhalla Strand, author Sarah Maine uses her professional knowledge of archaeology and her skills as a storyteller to create an utterly compelling historical mystery set in a haunting and beautifully evoked location.

Revue de presse

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! --Ronald Frame, author of The Lantern Bearers and Havisham

There is an echo of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca in Sarah Maine's appealing debut novel, when human remains are found beneath the floorboards of a derelict mansion on a Scottish island... a highly readable debut. -- Independent
This is a plot-driven novel, and its core strength lies in this fact. The action is tightly plotted and the pacing is excellent. -- Dundee University Review of the Arts
Bhalla Strand is a rewarding read and I cannot give it anything but enthusiastic praise. The characters, locations and plot were all absolutely perfect and it came as a great surprise to learn that this was the author s debut novel. I predict great things for Sarah Maine. -- The Bookbag
If you're a fan of a good mystery with an archaeological and arty background then I'd recommend Bhalla Strand. It is excellently paced, those burning questions are held on to until the end, and the characters are surprisingly real. If none of that wins you over then the descriptions of the Hebridean landscape are pretty wonderful too. ---- Lit Nerd

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Freight Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908754427
• ISBN 13: 9781908754424
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible