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Wildfire at Midnight (Mary Stewart Modern Classic) [Kindle Edition]

Mary Stewart (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews) |
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'There are few to equal Mary Stewart as an entertainer. What makes Miss Stewart different from the others . . . is that though her plots are good, her characters are better' (Daily Telegraph )

'I cannot think of anyone who tells stories quite so well' (New York Times )

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'There are few to equal Mary Stewart as an entertainer. What makes Miss Stewart different from the others ... is that though her plots are good, her characters are better' -- Daily Telegraph 'I cannot think of anyone who tells stories quite so well' -- New York Times
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 374 KB
  • Print Length: 340 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0060093579
  • Publisher: Hodder (26 May 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004XCFRBI
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #16,070 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
When I was a child in the 1970s we were on a holiday on the west coast of Scotland and by chance, taking refuge in the car from the torrential summer downpour in the barren square of Portree, my father turned on the radio. What came on was a creepy, disturbing drama set on Skye. A young woman, the only visitor to this country hotel not on the suspect list for a grizzly murder is sitting in the dead of night by the unconscious body of another would-be victim of the murderer. "How appropriate!" my mother laughed, and we listened on. The landscape of the story was the same landscape that was around me, though I couldn't see it for the rain, and there were strange characters, a crazed climber, beltane fires and murder. I thought it was great and it really, really stayed with me. It was years later that I read Wildfire at Midnight and realised that this was the self-same story I'd heard as a child. It's cracking, unashamedly romantic, but really rather well written. A good read for a sick day tucked up on the sofa, or a quiet night in. Mary Stewart's great - if only new pulp fiction could manage the same alluring balance of literary poise and good swash-buckling plots. No one else does it as well.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Sophie Masson VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
Mary Stewart's gorgeous romantic thrillers enlivened many a dull afternoon for me as a teenager, and even today, I just love going back again and again into their enchanted atmosphere. This is, I believe, the very first of Mary Stewart's novels(first published in 1956) and it bears all the hallmarks of her distinctive style--a spirited, lively, but slighly disillusioned heroine-narrator; two love interests of whom one will prove to be dangerous, though you can never pick which; fabulous setting(in this case, Skye), lyrical writing which nevertheless never gets bogged down in too much description, and a gripping mystery, laced with lots of suspense. A delicious concoction, to be savoured slowly, like good chocolate!
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By Nicola TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
I wanted to read this book after a recent visit to Skye, and the descriptions of the mountains and the mist reminded me very much of the holiday. This is the story of fashion model Gianetta Brooke, who goes on holiday to Skye to get away from it all. When she reaches her designated hotel she learns of a recent murder in the mountains. She also finds that, by what felt like a bizarre coincidence at the time, her ex-husband has also checked into the same hotel.

Everybody in the hotel is a suspect in the murder and this story is an Agatha Christie style closed-room murder mystery, but in this case more of a closed hotel. The writing is a little dated now, as the book was first published in 1956, but I found it an enjoyable enough read.
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