by Susan Howatch · Little, Brown Book Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780751533118
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«The Waiting Sands» is the suspense and mystery novel by Susan Howatch, published by Little, Brown Book Group in paperback (208 pages, in English).
Rachel Lord, a prudent woman, receives after two years a letter from her former schoolmate Decima, who invites her to Ruthven, the castle she will inherit upon turning twenty-one. Decima fears that her husband Charles wants to harm her. A shocking event forces Rachel to wonder whether her friend is being manipulated or the danger is real.
The novel was originally published in 1966; this edition, in English, dates from 2002.
For readers of romantic suspense and mystery, with Scottish Gothic atmosphere, family intrigue and inheritances.
Susan Howatch is a British author. Her writing career has been distinguished by family saga-type novels that describe the lives of related characters for long periods of time. Her later books have also become known for their religious and philosophical themes.
