It is May 1977, a quiet house in the English Cotswolds. Emily,an emotionally fragile,gentle, nature-loving girl, is approaching her eighteenth birthday. Her father, Martin, has become worried about her since the death of her mother, as she has begun to walk in her sleep and says she sees her mother’s ghost. When Martin gets the chance to join his friend Barnaby on an archaeological dig on Crete, he welcomes Emily’s suggestion that she and her older brother David join him out there. Staying with their father’s Greek friends, Emily and David are introduced to the thoughtful young son of the family, Petros, who is prepared to go along with David’s constant quest for fun and girls but who falls in love with the shy, distant Emily. When the siblings notice a mysterious island in the bay, now deserted and a source of superstitious fear among the local villagers, David is eager to explore it, despite Petros’ warnings, but Emily feels afraid and troubled. Eventually the island draws them in, and soon Manolis, a local fisherman who is obsessed with the island for his own reasons, leads them all into a terrifying adventure. The story winds its way through Cretan labyrinths to a strange and surprising conclusion. 
Suitable for age 16+ Some mild sexual scenes and one violent scene

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The Glass Madonna

'I know that my career and my love of work hasn't helped my personal life,' Debra said sadly, 'my husband wasn't a bad person but he really did expect me to give everything up and don an apron and be there every night cooking his dinner. It's just not me. I'm not the domesticated type. I wish I could be but I'm so involved with my clients, my writing and research. This book I'm writing is important to me. I want to get all my thoughts, musings and life experience into it.'


Martin was distracted by the idea of Debra in an apron and little else but made no comment, just looked sympathetic. They were taking a stroll along the seafront at Heraklion while having this discussion. Debra had just come back from a few days in Athens, working and researching at the beautiful National Library there. She had collected a great deal of material and wanted to return to her writing. But for the present she was in a mood of self-criticism and pursued her theme.


Chapter 31: A relationship deepens even more