Amy Finnegan

Lisa, a young research scientist disappears in the middle of a storm in the Alaskan wilderness. Abby, her sister, flies from England to join the rescue team. She senses that something is wrong, but will Abby find Lisa before someone else does.

Mrs Halloran has inherited the great Halloran house on the death of her son, much to the disgust of her daughter-in-law, the delight of her wicked granddaughter and the confusion of the rest of the household. But when the original owner - long dead - arrives to announce the world is ending and only the house and its occupants will be saved, they find themselves in a nightmare of strange marble statues, mysterious house guests and the beautiful, unsettling Halloran sundial which seems to be at the centre of it all.