The hourglass

Description:

Beyond high iron gates fastened with a length of chain, lies stark, beautiful Trawbawn. Here, hainted by a dark and mysterious past, and largely ignored by the people of nearby Skibbereen, lives the fragile Lydia Beauchamp. One day a starnger arrives - a young man named Adam - who becomes Lydia's first contact with the outside world. She sends him on a quest - to track down her estranged daughter in Dublin.

subjects: Fiction, suspense,  Mothers and daughters, fiction,  Ireland, fiction,  Fiction, thrillers, suspense,  Mothers and daughters,  Fiction,  Revenge,  Mothers and daughters -- Ireland -- Fiction,  Revenge -- Fiction