Tag: isolation
Winterbourne by Elisabeth Wolf
Within the walls of Winterbourne dwells a secret room, with an unspeakable collection of books. Librarian Anne Adams has found the perfect a job cataloguing the library of Winterbourne, an architectural masterpiece on a remote island off the west coast of Scotland. Surrounded by an awe-inspiring landscape, the library is magnificent, with priceless first editions, a librarian’s dream. However, Anne’s early weeks in her … Read More Winterbourne by Elisabeth Wolf
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The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins
When a small bone at the centre of a famous sculpture is revealed to be human, three people become intimately connected by the secrets and lies that put it there. Set on a Scottish tidal island connected to the mainland for just a few hours each day, and home to only one inhabitant, The Blue Hour asks questions of ambition, power, art and perception. … Read More The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins