I also thought The Shivering Sands made some good points about the choices we make in life and the consequences of those choices: "Two paths are opening up for you, Mrs.
It was a little far-fetched in the end, but not so much that it ruined the fun for me. I had fun trying to suss out who was the murderer (with some success) and why (with somewhat less success). Don't read this one for the romantic feelz, is what I'm saying. There are also a couple of potential romantic interests to enliven matters. There are lots of interesting characters living in and around the Stacy estate, and everyone seems to be keeping secrets of one sort or another. She's hired to give piano lessons to four somewhat odd young girls and to play occasional recitals.
Caroline Verlaine, a young widow and very talented pianist who had let her own career lapse in favor of supporting her husband's, takes a job at the mysterious Stacy mansion on the Kent coast in order to quietly investigate the disappearance of her older sister. An old-fashioned, Gothic style mystery/suspense novel by the prolific Victoria Holt, written in 1969, and set in what appears to be the late Victorian era in England (there are trains but no automobiles girls put their hair up at age 17).
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