The House Between Tides

Name: The House Between Tides
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.1 (233 reviews)
Author: Sarah Maine
ISBN: 9781666593501

Author: Sarah Maine

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 08/30/2016

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Women

Synopsis

Following the deaths of her last living relatives, Hetty Deveraux returns to her ancestral home, a crumbling estate in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, with the intention of renovating and reselling it as a hotel. As she dives headfirst into the repairs, she discovers human remains beneath a rotting floorboard in the basement. Hungry for answers, Hetty sets out to unravel the estate's secret-and those of its former inhabitants, including Beatrice Blake, a woman who moved there a century ago with her husband Theo, a famous painter. Following whispered rumors and a handful of leads, Hetty soon discovers that no one knows exactly what happened to Beatrice, only that her actions have reverberated throughout history, affecting Hetty's present in startling ways.

About Sarah Maine

Sarah Maine was born in England but grew up partly in Canada before returning to the UK to study archaeology. She now lives in York with her family. The House Between Tides was her first novel.

About Justine Eyre

Justine Eyre is an award-winning audiobook narrator who has recorded over three-hundred titles. Named a 2013 AudioFile Best Voice, she has won an Audie Award and multiple Earphones Awards. Classically trained and multilingual, she performs on stage, television, and film and has had roles in King Lear and The Crucible, on Two and a Half Men and Mad Men, and in multiple indie-circuit films.

Reviews

Goodreads review by SoRoLi (Sonja) ♡ on June 18, 2023

Harriet hat ein altes Herrenhaus auf einer abgelegenen Insel der schottischen Hebriden geerbt. Als sie sich "Bhalla House" ansehen möchte, erlebt sie eine Überraschung. Das alte Haus ist verfallen; es ist nur noch eine Ruine. Trotzdem überlegt sie, aus dem alten Haus ein Hotel zu machen. Doch zunäch......more

Goodreads review by Dale on August 14, 2016

The setting of the crumbling mansion in the Outer Hebrides is portrayed well. A place that is accessible only when it is low tide makes for an atmospheric feel. Some of the descriptive writing is beautiful. I liked the character of Beatrice the story set in 1910, but was not as enamoured as the sto......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on July 04, 2016

3 stars--I liked the book. This is one of those dual timeline novels, with family secrets galore and someone in the present trying to determine what happened in the past. I enjoy this genre, and think readers who like Kate Morton, etc., will enjoy this book. The Scotland setting is lovely, and charac......more

Goodreads review by Holly in Bookland on November 04, 2016

I couldn't put this book down. It was atmospheric, had that gothic feel to it, & throughout, I felt the isolation that Beatrice felt. It one of those books that I get lost in, not because so much is happening but because of the wonderful storytelling.......more

Goodreads review by Diana on August 01, 2016

THE HOUSE OF TIDES drew me in with its eerie crumbling mansion complete with a mysterious skeleton hidden inside. The story is set in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, and the land upon which Muirlan House sits is only accessible when the tides are out. The author created a wonderfully creepy Gothic a......more