About the Book: The Sundial
From the sky and from the ground and from the sea there is danger; tell them in
the house . . .
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,