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Touch Not the Cat [Kindle Edition]

Mary Stewart (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews) |
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'Another winner for Mary Stewart and her heroines' (Evening Standard )

'From opening to finale, this zestful romantic adventure grips, amuses, frightens and delights' (Sunday Telegraph )

'Superb . . . Her characters have depth. Her villains are satisfyingly violent but her lovers are tender. She writes with rare economy and elegance.' (Daily Mail )

'One of Mary Stewart's best - so good that even if it rains, you will still enjoy your holiday!' (Daily Mail )

'Mary Stewart is magic' (The New York Times )

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'One of Mary Stewart's best - so good that even if it rains, you will still enjoy your holiday!'
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 453 KB
  • Print Length: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder (28 April 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004WJRUF8
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #15,574 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
Bryony Ashley's father is critically injured by a hit and run driver, and he's only able to live long enough to leave a cryptic warning that she's in danger, the rest of his words seem to make no sense at all. Or do they? Devastated, she returns to her cottage near Ashley Court, the family's ancient estate in England, which cannot be sold or broken up without the approval of all members of the Ashley family. As she tries to sort the puzzle left by her father, Bryony also has a secret of her own to resolve - longer than she can remember she's had a telepathic connection with an unknown "lover" who she believes will reveal himself in the flesh to her when the time is right, and she's always felt it was her cousin James.

Ashley soon finds things amiss at the Court. Small, but valuable items are missing. A mysterious stranger spotted shuffling through church records, and a book of ancient records turns up missing. Who is the Cat her fathered referred to in his last words - the family emblem of the Scottish Wildcat and their motto Touch not the cat? Or is Cat for Cathy, the Underhill's daughter? How is it that the long neglected garden maze is the same design as the family emblem? Is there a secret tied into the pavilion at the center of the maze, and the Ashley ancestor who built it for his lovers? What secret does the book found in the old library with the same family emblem hold? What intrigues are her twin cousins James and Emory up to, and why do they need to set up alibis for each other?

Need the answers? Read it for yourself. Although this one started off a bit slow and it took me forever to see where Stewart was taking the story, once she gets all the lose ends wrapped up they all came together in a spectacular nail-biting finish in the midst of a whopper of a storm with deadly consequences. There are plentiful twists, turns and surprises that will keep you guessing and turning the pages. A definite must for Stewart fans.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
One of her Best 1 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback
All of Mary Stewart's books are brilliant but this one, Thornyhold and The Ivy Tree are particulaly good, she writes with poise and flair and I for one get very involved in the story.
A brilliant writer, much missed
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touch not the cat 26 Feb 2012
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This book was a great read if you enjoy romantic fiction with an added splice of crime fiction and a mystical edge. The scenes abroad and in England were pleasingly accurate and you soon discover Lady Mary Stewart has a descriptive talent second to none. It was my first book by her and I will be reading more. The characters were a range of gripping, scary, heroic, and loveable, and none of the outcomes of their actions were initially obvious or the events foreseeable. In fact there were quite a few unexpected surprises along the way, so if you normally get the answers quickly you may enjoy a bit of suspense in the unwinding of this strange story with its delving into mind transference, family jealousies and greed, and the trials of inheritance .
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