Promises of gilded opportunities and bright new horizons, the chance to forget the past and protect long-held secrets.\r\n\r\nBut Dubai breaks its promises, with deadly consequences.
Agatha Christie-obsessed Alma faces her toughest case yet as she tries to help them all find what theyve lost.\r\n\r\nWith trademark wit and playfulness, in this stunning linked short-story collection Jan Carson explores complex family dynamics, ageing, immigration, gender politics, the decline of the Church and the legacy of the Troubles.