Book description
The West Family at Moortop Farm should have led settled and happy
lives. They were affluent, had a superb old farmhouse, and were
blessed with three daughters, Hyacinth, Hilda - and Honoria. But even
from childhood Honoria cast a pall of fear and suspicion over the
family. Violent and unpleasant things happened and although they were
dismissed as accidents, both Honoria's parents and her older sister,
Hyacinth, became increasingly alarmed.
As the years passed, Honoria's worst excesses were concealed from
the world, but even so, in her new life in Liverpool, her evil
affected those about her - Yvonne, struggling to escape from an
unhappy marriage, Karam, embroiled in an unorthodox love affair,
Philip Pointer, trying to hide his own guilty secrets from those about
him. But it was April, frail and struggling against a serious illness,
who was to be the one to finally destroy Miss Honoria West.
Rich in character and action, Ruth Hamilton's gritty and masterful
writing builds to a resounding and powerful climax in yet another
unforgettable novel.
Ruth Hamilton is the bestselling author of A Whisper to the Living,
With Love From Ma Maguire, Nest of Sorrows, Billy London's Girls,
Spinning Jenny, The September Starlings, A Crooked Mile, Paradise Lane,
The Bells of Scotland Road, The Dream Sellers, The Corner House, Miss
Honoria West, Mulligan's Yard, Saturday's Child, Matthew and Son and
Chandler's Green. She has become one of the north-west of England's most
popular writers. Ruth Hamilton was born in Bolton, which is the setting
for many of her novels, and has spent most of her life in Lancashire.
She now lives in Liverpool.
