Zusatztext A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors. Informationen zum Autor Mary Stewart was one of the 20th century's bestselling and best-loved novelists. She was born in Sunderland, County Durham in 1916, but lived for most of her life in Scotland, a source of much inspiration for her writing. Her first novel, Madam, Will You Talk? was published in 1955 and marked the beginning of a long and acclaimed writing career. In 1971 she was awarded the International PEN Association's Frederick Niven Prize for The Crystal Cave , and in 1974 the Scottish Arts Council Award for one of her children's books, Ludo and the Star Horse . She was married to the Scottish geologist Frederick Stewart, and died in 2014. Klappentext The original queen of the page-turner Mary Stewart leads her readers on a journey of murder and deceit through the dusty roads of mid-century Greece in this tale that fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym are sure to love. ' The contemporary thriller at its very best ' Guardian 'Mary Stewart is magic' New York Times 'Nothing ever happens to me...' So begins Camilla Haven's letter home during her quiet holiday in Athens. But when a stranger begs her to drive a car to Delphi, swearing that it is a matter of life and death, Camilla impulsively takes the opportunity she's been offered. Before long she is caught up in a whirlwind of intrigue, deceit and murder as she spins along the dusty Greek roads in a race against time to solve a fourteen-year-old mystery. The longer I waited the less possible it seemed to walk out of the café and leave everything to settle itself without me, and the more insidiously did the other possibility begin to present itself. Dry-mouthed, I pushed it aside, but there it was, a challenge, a gift, a dare from the gods . . . ' One of the best British storytellers of the 20th century ' Independent 'There are few to equal Mary Stewart ' Daily Telegraph A classic and genre-defining tale of adventure, intrigue and murder, set against the stunning backdrop of mid-century Greece, by one of Britain's most beloved authors, Mary Stewart. Zusammenfassung A classic and genre-defining tale of adventure, intrigue and murder, set against the stunning backdrop of mid-century Greece, by one of Britain's most beloved authors, Mary Stewart....

A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.

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A classic and genre-defining tale of adventure, intrigue and murder, set against the stunning backdrop of mid-century Greece, by one of Britain's most beloved authors, Mary Stewart.

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Mary Stewart was one of the 20th century's bestselling and best-loved novelists. She was born in Sunderland, County Durham in 1916, but lived for most of her life in Scotland, a source of much inspiration for her writing. Her first novel, Madam, Will You Talk? was published in 1955 and marked the beginning of a long and acclaimed writing career. In 1971 she was awarded the International PEN Association's Frederick Niven Prize for The Crystal Cave, and in 1974 the Scottish Arts Council Award for one of her children's books, Ludo and the Star Horse. She was married to the Scottish geologist Frederick Stewart, and died in 2014.

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**The original queen of the page-turner Mary Stewart leads her readers on a journey of murder and deceit through the dusty roads of mid-century Greece in this tale that fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym are sure to love.

'The contemporary thriller at its very best*' Guardian*

'Mary Stewart is magic' New York Times

'Nothing ever happens to me...' So begins Camilla Haven's letter home during her quiet holiday in Athens. But when a stranger begs her to drive a car to Delphi, swearing that it is a matter of life and death, Camilla impulsively takes the opportunity she's been offered. Before long she is caught up in a whirlwind of intrigue, deceit and murder as she spins along the dusty Greek roads in a race against time to solve a fourteen-year-old mystery.

The longer I waited the less possible it seemed to walk out of the café and leave everything to settle itself without me, and the more insidiously did the other possibility begin to present itself. Dry-mouthed, I pushed it aside, but there it was, a challenge, a gift, a dare from the gods . . .

'One of the best British storytellers of the 20th century' Independent

'There are few to equal Mary Stewart' Daily Telegraph