Sacrifice
Tora Hamilton is an outsider at her new home on the rocky, wind-swept Shetland Islands, a hundred miles from the northeastern tip of Scotland. Though her husband grew up here, it's the first time he's been back in twenty years. Digging in the peat on their new property, Tora unearths a hum...
| Main Author: | Bolton, S. J. |
|---|---|
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
St. Martin's Minotaur,
2008.
|
| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Tora Hamilton is an outsider at her new home on the rocky, wind-swept Shetland Islands, a hundred miles from the northeastern tip of Scotland. Though her husband grew up here, it's the first time he's been back in twenty years. Digging in the peat on their new property, Tora unearths a human body, at first glance a centuries-old bog body, interesting but not uncommon. But realizing that the body is in fact much newer, that the woman's heart has been cut out and that she was killed within a few days of bearing a child, Tora, herself an obstetrician, becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to her--even when the police, her colleagues and eventually her husband warn her against getting involved. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: |
379 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780312381134 0312381131 |
| Author Notes: |
SHARON BOLTONÂ grew up in Lancashire, England, and now lives near Oxford with her family. Sacrifice , her first novel, was inspired by her fascination with British traditional folklore. Sharon Bolton was previously published as S.J. Bolton. |