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The shape of sand

Life at Charnley was blessed, or at least so it seemed to the Jardine children. But one night their dreams of a propitious future suddenly come crashing down when a family scandal catapults them into the headlines. Nearly four decades pass and the Second World War is won, but still the exact events of that fateful night remain unknown. However, when builders working on Charnley uncover a shoebox stuffed full of old letters, photographs, and a diary, it finally seems as though some of the answers are within reach. The clue to unraveling the affair lies in a voyage to Egypt undertaken by Beatrice eleven years before her disappearance. With the help of her old diary, Beatrice's three daughters set about uncovering the truth. But when the mummified body of a brutally murdered woman is discovered in the ruins of their old home, they have a whole new set of questions. Beautifully written, evoking the life of the Edwardian upper classes, bomb-scarred, post war England, and the sultry Egyptian landscape, The Shape of Sand proclaims the incomparable talent of this great author.

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  • "Life at Charnley was blessed, or at least so it seemed to the Jardine children. But one night their dreams of a propitious future suddenly come crashing down when a family scandal catapults them into the headlines. Nearly four decades pass and the Second World War is won, but still the exact events of that fateful night remain unknown. However, when builders working on Charnley uncover a shoebox stuffed full of old letters, photographs, and a diary, it finally seems as though some of the answers are within reach. The clue to unraveling the affair lies in a voyage to Egypt undertaken by Beatrice eleven years before her disappearance. With the help of her old diary, Beatrice's three daughters set about uncovering the truth. But when the mummified body of a brutally murdered woman is discovered in the ruins of their old home, they have a whole new set of questions. Beautifully written, evoking the life of the Edwardian upper classes, bomb-scarred, post war England, and the sultry Egyptian landscape, The Shape of Sand proclaims the incomparable talent of this great author."@en
  • "The Jardine children were happy living at Charnley. But one night after their mother's birthday party this happiness was overshadowed by a family scandal. Workers unearth a shoebox stuffed full of old letters, photographs and a diary going back to the Second World War. A voyage to Egypt is undertaken to try and unearth the mystery of the contents of the shoebox,. A mummified body of a brutally murdered woman is discovered in their old home and this lets forth a pandoras box."
  • ""Life at Charnley was blessed, or at least so it seemed to the Jardine children. But one night their dreams of a propitious future suddenly come crashing down when a family scandal catapults them into the headlines. Nearly four decades pass and the Second World War is won, but still the exact events of that fateful night remain unknown. However, when builders working on Charnley uncover a shoebox stuffed full of old letters, photographs, and a diary, it finally seems as though some of the answers are within reach."--The publisher."
  • "Shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters award. Charnley was once the proud Edwardian home of the Jardine family renowned for entertaining the local gentry with lavish parties. Yet four decades later when the house is sold and the family split up, dark, painful secrets long since buried begin to surface for Harriet Jardine. The facade of a once respectable family begins to slide when local workmen stumble on a series of hidden letters that lead to the discovery of a body brutally murdered."

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  • "Detective and mystery stories"
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