Sands of Time features two specially written long stories that pick up the fortunes of two characters from Whispers in the Sand, Barbara Erskine’s haunting novel of Egypt. Here, too, are a host of other tales – love stories, mysteries – all with a touch of the unexpected… A happily married woman has an affair – with a man who died in the First World War… A quiet divorcee finds that it takes more than a makeover to reveal her destiny… Who is the little girl on the swing in the garden – and why does only Charlotte see her?