On a Cold Dark Sea
By (Author) Elizabeth Blackwell
Amazon Publishing
Lake Union Publishing
10th April 2018
United States
General
Fiction
Fiction: general and literary
Adventure / action fiction
813.6
Paperback
286
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 19mm
272g
On April 15, 1912, three women climbed into Lifeboat 21 and watched in horror as the Titanic sank into the icy depths. They were strangers then
Con artist Charlotte Digby lied her way through London and onto the Titanic. The disaster could be her chance at a new lifeif she hides the truth about her past. Esme Harper, a wealthy American, mourns the end of a passionate affair and fears that everything beautiful is slipping from her grasp. And Anna Halversson, a Swedish farm girl in search of a fresh start in America, is tormented by the screams that ring out from the water. Is one of them calling her name
Twenty years later, a sudden death brings the three women back together, forcing them to face the impossible choices they made, the inconceivable loss, and the secrets they have kept for far too long.
Readers will be intrigued by the mysterious Charlotte, charmed by the lovely Anna, and rooting for Esme. Recommended. Historical Novel Society
Elizabeth Blackwell is the author of In the Shadow of Lakecrest and While Beauty Slept. A graduate of Northwestern University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she lives outside Chicago with her family and piles of books she is absolutely, positively going to read someday.