The Turnglass

This unique tête-bêche novel presents two intertwined stories, designed to be read from either direction. In 1880s England, a young doctor arrives on a bleak island to treat his dying cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who suspects he is being poisoned by his sister-in-law, Florence, confined for a past murder. The truth lies within Oliver's journal, which tells conflicting accounts. Fifty years later in 1930s California, celebrated author Oliver Tooke is found dead, hinting at a connection to the earlier mystery.