Winter Tides

Haunted by the memory of only being able to save one twin girl from drowning, Dave Quinn abandons surfing for a safe life in Earl Dalton's theater-props company in Huntington Beach, California. When Canadian artist Anne Morris is drawn back to the town where twin sister Elinor drowned 15 years before, she and Dave find themselves shadowed by Elinor's malevolent spirit. Earl's son Edmund believes that Elinor's spirit is Anne's dark side and obsessively pursues her. Blaylock's (All the Bells on Earth, LJ 11/15/95) vivid descriptions and deft characterizations place ordinary flawed people in escalating horrific situations. This contemporary ghost story exposes the underbelly of human nature and belongs in most fantasy and horror collections. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Fifteen Years After Saving Only One Of Two Drowning Identical Twin Girls, Dave Quinn Meets Anne, A Struggling Canadian Artist And The Woman He Had Rescued As A Child, Who Is Drawn Back To The Scene Of The Old Tragedy By The Specter Of Her Dead Sister, Who Is Out To Avenge Her Missed Chances And Live.