num_pages: 288
description: Journalist Angus Logan returns to the island of La Roque, where he grew up as part of the Courvel family. Maurice de Courvel has died under extremely mysterious circumstances. What has happened to the island since Angus’ departure is equally shocking. As the details of what have led to the violent death slowly begin to unravel, Angus cannot escape his own past and the danger that has begun to surround him. Wrapped in mystery and romance, the story written under one of Ida Pollock’s pseudonyms, Barbara Rowan, is a gripping thriller that will not leave the reader cold.More than a mystery, House of Sand is a novel of romance and human relationships, of an ancient society threatened by unwelcome progress.Mistery, intrige and romance in the great tradition of Daphne DuMaurier.
language: English
title: House of Sand
titlecomplete: House of Sand
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Gollancz