Airs Above the Ground
by:
Mary Stewart (author)
Vanessa March never thought to look for her missing husband in Vienna -- until she saw him in a newsreel shot there at the scene of a deadly fire. But her hunt for answers only leads to more sinister questions in a mysterious world of beautiful horses. And what waits for Vanessa in the shadows is...
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Vanessa March never thought to look for her missing husband in Vienna -- until she saw him in a newsreel shot there at the scene of a deadly fire. But her hunt for answers only leads to more sinister questions in a mysterious world of beautiful horses. And what waits for Vanessa in the shadows is more terrifying than anything she has ever encountered.
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Format: hardcover
Publish date: 1966
Publisher: Readers Book Club
Pages no: 238
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Animals,
Suspense,
Gothic,
Romantic Suspense,
Horses
Not her best work, but a fun read nonetheless. More a straight up mystery than romantic suspense, and while the plot villain was obvious, Stewart at least had some fun misleading the reader about the plot itself. Aside: I bought this years ago at a FOTL sale for a dollar; when I finished reading...
Last week was such a treat, all of Mary Stewart's books were issued in ebook format and being sold for great prices. So I splurged and bought 10 of her mysteries (I have all her books in paperback or hardcover) because Lady Mary is one of my all-time faves! She wrote the mysteries that were my int...
I loved this story. It starts wonderfully in London. The protagonist Vanessa quarreled with her husband of two years, and he had left for a business trip to Sweden before they reconciled. Vanessa is still smarting from their spat, when she watches a news reel in a movie theatre. The correspondent is...
Once again I like the suspense and action but My Brother Michael is still my favorite Stewart book!
I didn't enjoy Airs Above the Ground, as much as my first Mary Stewart mystery and there were several reasons why. The first is that the story centered around horses and I am not a big horse person. I like horses but breeds, training and showmanship ends up being boring reading for me. The airs abov...
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