Set against the sunny background of gold-rush Australia and the dark one of Victorian England, THE SHADOW OF THE LYNX is the story of Nora Tamasin, a strong-willed young woman who nevertheless falls under the power of the strange man called Lynx--and falls in love with both him and his son. - Victoria Holt knows how to inject crisis upon crisis. The suspenseful plot is like a high-intensity bulb that constantly threatens to blow! It will keep you on the edge of your chair!