Mary Stewart
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4.03 | 7643 Users | 644 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Moon-Spinners |
| ISBN: | 0340013591 (ISBN13: 9780340013595) |
| Characters: | Nicola Ferris |
| Setting: | Greece |
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Young, beautiful, and adventurous Nicola Ferris loves her life as a secretary at the British Embassy on Greece. On leave from her job as a secretary in Athens, has been looking forward to a quiet week's holiday in the lush island of Crete, enjoying the wild flowers and the company of her cousin Frances. Then on her day off, her impulse led her on a little-used path into the foreboding White Mountains. She links up with two hiking companions who have inadvertently stumbled upon a scene of blood vengeance, that involving a young Englishman and a group of people tied together by blood and the bonds of greed.For the first time in her life Nicola meets a man and a situation she cannot deal with... A man in hiding -- for reasons he could not explain. Warned to stay away, Nicola was unable to obey. And before she realized what she had uncovered, she found herself thrust into the midst of an alarming plot in which she would become the prey... And suddenly the life Nicola adores is in danger of coming to an abrupt, brutal, and terrifying end....
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| Title | : | The Moonspinners |
| Author | : | Mary Stewart |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | 1996 by Coronet (first published 1962) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Romance. Suspense. Romantic Suspense. Gothic |
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Nicola Ferris goes on vacation from her job at the British Embassy in Athens. Her plan is to escape the Easter crowds of the big city and spend some quiet, peaceful time with her older cousin, Frances, on the island of Crete.This story starts off well from the beginning. There is an exotic setting, the truly rugged hills of Crete, a wounded man in need of assistance and a boy of 15 in dire straits. The descriptions of the Bay of Dolphins, the local flowers, the gardens and the windmills toI remember this as a movie, one of Hayley Mills' first adult roles. I never actually saw it, having been too young to go by myself, and my usual movie companion, Sheveney Dilley was not into Hailey Mills.It is the story of a young British girl on holiday in Crete who stumbles upon another Brit, this one a young man, wounded, hiding in a hut from some men who are trying to kill him after he and his companions witnessed a murder. Of course, she helps him, gets drawn in to the intrigue, falls for
Mary Stewart always starts her adventure novels in the most delightful spots--and then twists of fate lead her heroines and us into peril. Nicola Ferris is on vacation from her job as a secretary at the British Embassy in Athens. She's planning a week in a quiet spot on the south coast of Crete with her older cousin, Francis, a horticulturalist who runs a successful business specializing in rock gardens. They've found the perfect locale--a new B&B with a gourmet, London-trained chef in an
How very satisfying.
It was the egret, flying out of the lemon-grove, that started it. I wont pretend I saw it straight away as the conventional herald of adventure, the white stag of the fairy-tale, which, bounding from the enchanted thicket, entices the prince away from his followers, and loses him in the forest where danger threatens with the dusk. But, when the big white bird flew suddenly up among the glossy leaves and the lemon-flowers, and wheeled into the mountain, I followed it.This is the opening of Mary
I have really enjoyed it. But it was not an even/equable pleasure. There were moments of a great thrill that made me hold my breath, but there were also moments when I was almost bored (e.g. about flowers) and I can't imagine how they could forget about someone (in one of the last scenes). Nonetheless, I admit it was hard to put it down - I just skipped the part that I was not interested in.The precious was also the humour (mostly at the end, especially Nicola's stages).Summarizing, it was a
October 2018 buddy read with the Mary Stewart group, just starting now!In the early 1960s, Nicola Ferris is vacationing in a remote area of the Greek island of Crete when she stumbles into unexpected trouble. Hiking in the hills, she comes across two men, one of whom, Mark Langley, is critically injured. She spends the night taking care of him while the other guy is off doing Other Stuff, and helps him fall asleep by telling him the story of the moon spinners:"Night after night, you can see the
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