The tin church - Rosamund Haden

"If there's trouble we'll meet in the church. I'll wait for you there."

More than twenty years after making this promise to Maria, her childhood friend, Catherine returns to Hebron, the highveld farm where she was born. She finds Maria working for Tom, the new owner of Hebron. Catherine and Tom are drawn together, but secrets and shadows from the past threaten their relationship while Maria watches and waits.

This beautifully written novel draws you in to a sensual world where the inner lives of the characters find expression through a landscape so vivid you can almost smell and feel it. It keeps you guessing until the end as the truth is slowly revealed.