Wildfire at Midnight
by:
Mary Stewart (author)
Following a heart-breaking divorce, Gianetta retreats to the Isle of Skye hoping to find tranquillity in the island's savage beauty. But shortly before her arrival a girl's body is found on the craggy slopes of the looming Blue Mountain, and with the murderer still on the loose, there's nothing...
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Following a heart-breaking divorce, Gianetta retreats to the Isle of Skye hoping to find tranquillity in the island's savage beauty. But shortly before her arrival a girl's body is found on the craggy slopes of the looming Blue Mountain, and with the murderer still on the loose, there's nothing to stop him from setting his sights on Gianetta next . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781444710984 (1444710982)
Publish date: 2011-03-17
Publisher: Hodder
Pages no: 259
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Cultural,
Romance,
Adult,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense,
Gothic,
Romantic Suspense,
Scotland
This was an interesting first dip into the works of Mary Stewart. Stewart created an atmosphere for the story that was almost tangible. It beautifully written and very much made me feel like I was there, on Skye, on a overcast day, just waiting for the clouds to break. Unfortunately, the main ...
Serves me right to select a read based on something other than literary merit. This one fit into my PopSugar Challenge, but unfortunately it was blah. Not bad – Mary Stewart never wrote anything bad – but definitely not her best book. Unlike her other romantic fiction, which usually occurs in some g...
Buddy read with the Mary Steward group. I don't think I can improve on anything anyone else has said but I will admit I was kept guessing right up until the very end and that's even with popping into the discussion feeds so everyone managed to kept the name of the murderer mum. Our heroine is not q...
Buddy read with the Mary Steward group. I don't think I can improve on anything anyone else has said but I will admit I was kept guessing right up until the very end and that's even with popping into the discussion feeds so everyone managed to kept the name of the murderer mum. Our heroine is not q...
Mary Stewart is truly one of the greats. Her books, with their practical heroines and often exotic settings, appeal to the imagination, and she has a way of building tension throughout her narratives in such a way that it reels the reader in easily. Her writing has not only inspired all manner of ro...