The Shivering Sands — Victoria Holt

A COASTLINE RICH IN ANCIENT RUINS...
A FAMILY SCANDAL...
AND FORBIDDEN LOVE...
ARE BURIED IN THE SHIVERING SANDS

Caroline Verlaine, lovely young widow of a world-famous pianist, comes to the legend-haunted Stacy estate to investigate the sudden disappearance of her sister, Roma.

As Caroline falls under the strange spell of the Stacy family and its macabre past, she becomes aware that her sister must have discovered some deadly secret among the famous nearby ruins--a secret that probably cost her life . .. and now threatens Caroline herself.

Hero: Napier Stacy
Heroine: Caroline Verlaine