A Time for Silence

Sarah is engaged to be married to Marcus. Having seen him off on a business trip to New York, She treats herself to a weekend away and visits her mother in Ireland. On the return journey, tired from driving, she stops for a break and passing an Estate Agents window she glances in, aware that what sh......more

An excellent, beautifully-written debut that contrasts one woman’s search for her family history while dealing with her own difficult relationship, with the events leading to a tragedy against the strict moral background of her grandparent’s times. I enjoy novels with a dual timeline and this one is......more

I would have loved to give this book 5 stars, but it's "only" 4 because the difference between the two stories that are told is too disturbing to me. Reading about Gwen's life and how the truth about it was slowly revealed was gripping and heart-wrenching. Sarah's tale, however, would have left me u......more

A Time for Silence by Thorne Moore begins with a deceptive lightness and simplicity that builds into a brooding menace and tension that kept me turning the pages into the early (actually, very late!) hours of the morning. The novel concerns two generations of the same family. Sarah is a modern woman......more

When you get a story told in two timelines, it's quite hard to rate it,I think I found the character of Sarah, with her ridiculous guilt, her reluctant wedding plans, her drinking and hysteria just annoying. She was good at digging up a story though. Two and half stars for that part. A possible four s......more