The Black Opal
by:
Victoria Holt (author)
In a romantic mystery by the best-selling author of Daughter of Deceit, young heroine Carmel March unravels the mysteries of life, love, and a long-ago murder for which she believes a man had been unjustly convicted. 110,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.
In a romantic mystery by the best-selling author of Daughter of Deceit, young heroine Carmel March unravels the mysteries of life, love, and a long-ago murder for which she believes a man had been unjustly convicted. 110,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385470247 (038547024X)
Publish date: August 1st 1993
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 254
Edition language: English
Category:
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Historical Romance,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Gothic,
Romantic Suspense,
Gothic Romance,
Fiction,
Historical
The best I can figure is someone went through a random collection of scenes never used for other books because they weren't very good, shuffled them into a chronological order, and then typed it up with consistent names. It's a mess, and none of the aspects rise above thoroughly mediocre: half-he...
I really enjoyed this book. Its one of my favorites by Holt. It moved at a good pace, kept my attention. The story was well written. There wasnt alot of fluff or cut off endings. It was just written really well. She could have even added more to the story if she wanted to but it turned out nice how ...