The Emigrant's FarewellIn a shocking yet all too prosaic moment Joe and Eileen O'Kane experience a terrible tragedy which leaves them bereft. Winter in Derry sets in overnight, as does a chill between the young couple. Eileen turns to her parents for comfort and Joe, somewhat against his will, finds himself caught up in his widowed father Patsy's regular jaunts around Ireland. Joe's life enters a new phase when he is offered a job researching the story of the renowned

obviously sick

she accepts a job as a hostess at the 'Some Like It Hot' club

A divorced

a penniless artist

a terrified Eleanor slips from Janeway's grasp and disappears

observes all

Anna can't believe it was an accident

He's tried to tell himself again and again that it was his imagination

The Emperor's Children is a finely textured portrait of a particular place at a particular moment - and a haunting illustration how the events of a single day can change everything

Rich with a sense of the intimate and the local

decrepit estate on the brink of crumbling into a hungry sea

they are detained by the castellan who requires their help to solve two murders on the estate