{"product_id":"melinda-salisbury-hold-back-the-tide-2020-paperback","title":"Melinda Salisbury: Hold Back The Tide [2020] paperback","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      From internationally bestselling, acclaimed author Melinda\u003cbr\u003e      Salisbury comes a darkly seductive story of murder, betrayal,\u003cbr\u003e      love, and family secrets in a small town in the Scottish Highlands.\u003cbr\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      Here are the rules of living with a murderer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      One: Do not draw attention to yourself. Of course, when you\u003cbr\u003e      live with a murderer, this is impossible. Even the subtlest of\u003cbr\u003e      spectres is bound to be noticed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Which leads to the next rule.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Two: If you can't be invisible, be useful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Everyone in this quiet lakeside community knows that Alva's father\u003cbr\u003e      killed her mother, all those years ago. There wasn't enough\u003cbr\u003e      proof to arrest him, though, and with no other family, Alva's been\u003cbr\u003e      forced to live with her mother's murderer, doing her best to survive\u003cbr\u003e      until she can earn enough money to run away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      One of her chores is to monitor water levels in the loch-a task\u003cbr\u003e      her father takes very seriously. Their family has been the guardian\u003cbr\u003e      of the loch for generations. It's a cold, lonely task, and a\u003cbr\u003e      few times, Alva can swear she feels someone watching her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      But the more Alva investigates, the more she realizes that the\u003cbr\u003e      truth can be more monstrous than lies, and that you can never escape\u003cbr\u003e      your past . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Gripping literary horror\/thriller with a topical ecological edge \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Unsettling, sharply beautiful and thought-provoking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Melinda Salisbury's The Sin Eater's Daughter was the\u003cbr\u003e      bestselling YA debut of 2015 and was shortlisted for the Waterstones\u003cbr\u003e      Prize and the Branford Boase Award","brand":"Salisbury, Melinda","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50954933895507,"sku":"9781407180298","price":10.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52818330419539,"sku":"XV81407180298","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":50955048059219,"sku":"XE81407180298","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/salisbury-melinda-melinda-salisbury-hold-back-the-tide-2020-paperback-1161751060.jpg?v=1768839517","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/melinda-salisbury-hold-back-the-tide-2020-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}