In the Tideway

Behind a statue of Charity, amid the crush of a London reception, Lady Maud jokes that she and her cousin Eustace are each about to marry someone else. Will Lockhart knows the name of the remote island where they are headed—and it brings the past rushing back.

In the glittering world of late-Victorian society, congratulations and clever jokes disguise feelings that are harder to put away. Lady Maud is set on being happy with Mr. Wilson, and Eustace is to marry an American heiress; but when their plans turn toward Roederay in the Hebrides, Lockhart warns them of its stark simplicity and an island of stone coffins and bones. Maud laughs at old-world fears and promises to explore, but the name of the place has already unsettled those who know it. What might Roederay awaken that society’s bright chatter cannot silence?

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