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Praise for Mary Stewart:
'A sunset touch . . . gentle love story . . . a happy return' (The Times )
'There are few to equal Mary Stewart as an entertainer' (Daily Telegraph )
'Vivid, enthralling, absolutely first class' (Daily Mail )
'She set the bench mark for pace, suspense and romance - with a great dollop of escapism as the icing' (Elizabeth Buchan )
'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' (Harriet Evans )
'A sunset touch . . . gentle love story . . . a happy return' (The Times )
'There are few to equal Mary Stewart as an entertainer' (Daily Telegraph )
'Vivid, enthralling, absolutely first class' (Daily Mail )
'She set the bench mark for pace, suspense and romance - with a great dollop of escapism as the icing' (Elizabeth Buchan )
'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' (Harriet Evans )
Daily Telegraph
'There are few to equal Mary Stewart as an entertainer'
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you are a diehard Mary Stewart fan you will buy this book whatever reviewers say. I did, after all! But it does not rank along with her more suspenseful novels of her "thriller" periods, or alongside her "magical romance" books. It also lacks the maturity of her Arthurian and period novels. So what do we have here? A pleasant and undemanding little book; I might have thought it a first novel. Did the manuscript perhaps sit around for years before being dusted off and tidied up for publication? As I say, if you are a fan you will buy it anyway - but if you are a newcomer to the author, please start with some of her other books first!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a mildly suspenseful, atmospheric novel about a young, war widow, Kate Herrick, who in 1947 at the request of her ill grandmother in Scotland goes to Rose Cottage, her childhood home in the English countryside. Kate is to retrieve some of her grandmother's documents and personal belongings. When she gets there, however, she discovers that she is too late. Someone has been there before her.
As Kate investigates the mysterious disappearance of her grandmother's property, she ends up discovering somethings about her own past. Well written and redolent of a bygone era, the book unravels a pleasant, uncomplicated story. Never too mysterious and not one of the author's best efforts, the book is a predictable, though somewhat enjoyable, read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a mildly suspenseful, atmospheric novel about a young, war widow, Kate Herrick, who in 1947 at the request of her ill grandmother in Scotland goes to Rose Cottage, her childhood home in the English countryside. Kate is to retrieve some of her grandmother's documents and personal belongings. When she gets there, however, she discovers that she is too late. Someone has been there before her.
As Kate investigates the mysterious disappearance of her grandmother's property, she ends up discovering some things about her own past. Well written and redolent of a bygone era, the book unravels a pleasant, uncomplicated story. Never too mysterious and not one of the author's best efforts, the book is a predictable, though somewhat enjoyable, read.
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Different from the norm
Mary Stewart fans will notice that this is a different kind of book from this author. And yes, as other reviewers have said, it does lack the edge of the seat tension that her... Read more
Published 11 days ago by Shouna Falconer
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This is a mildly suspenseful, atmospheric novel about a young, war widow, Kate Herrick, who in 1947 at the request of her ill grandmother in Scotland goes to Rose Cottage, her... Read more
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