2019/114: Little Eve -- Catriona Ward
Thursday, November 28th, 2019 08:24 am2019/114: Little Eve -- Catriona Ward
The novel begins in 1921, when Jamie MacRaith, delivering a side of beef to the reclusive inhabitants of the Scottish isle of Altnaharra, discovers a horrific scene of mass murder among the standing stones. The only survivor, horribly mutilated, is Dinah.
( no spoilers )
'He keeps you starved, half-dead with exhaustion, always vying for his attention. That place is the very edge of the world, Evelyn, and you have been taken to the edge of what a person can stand, or be.' [loc. 1461]
The novel begins in 1921, when Jamie MacRaith, delivering a side of beef to the reclusive inhabitants of the Scottish isle of Altnaharra, discovers a horrific scene of mass murder among the standing stones. The only survivor, horribly mutilated, is Dinah.
( no spoilers )