Sands of Time cover

Sands of Time

by Barbara Erskine

Haunting tales from the shifting sands of time.A brilliant new collection of stories, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of HIDING FROM THE LIGHTA spine-tingling collection of stories from the bestselling author of Lady of Hay and Hiding from the Light.Sands of Time features two intriguing long stories that pick up the fortunes of characters from Whispers in the Sand, Barbara Erskine's captivating novel of Egypt. Still haunted by ancient mysteries, and the subject of dark intentions, Anna and Louisa must once more do battle with the past in order to survive the present.Here, too, are a host of other tales, all with a touch of the unexpected...A happily married woman has an affair – with a man who died in the First World War...Who is the little girl on the swing in the garden – and why does only Charlotte see her?And how can a traveller find herself transported suddenly from her airplane seat to the snowy Canadian wastes below?Suspense, romance, passion, unexpected echoes of the past – vintage Barbara Erskine, and storytelling at its most compelling.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?