ISBN: 1473641233 9781473641235

Category: Fiction / Romance / General

Page count: 80

<p><b>font size="+1"The</b><b> sweeping long-lost novella, now available in paperback for the first time in 40 years, alongside </b><b>recently rediscovered short story 'The Lost One', from the original queen of romantic suspense</b><b>/font size </b><br><br><b>font size="+1"<i>'Total heaven' Harriet Evans</i></b><b>/font size </b><br><br>1879. Lanzarote. A wealthy young woman elopes with an impoverished fisherman, leaving her family distraught.<br><br>1968. Perdita West, secretary to a famous author, visits Lanzarote on a research trip and begins to fall in love with the unusual, beautiful little island. When, while snorkelling, a landslide traps Perdita in an underwater cave, her efforts to save herself will reveal what happened to the ill-fated couple who fell in love at this very spot almost a century ago . . .<br><br>Also includes the recently rediscovered short story 'The Lost One', first published in <i>Woman's Journal</i> in 1960, and set against the backdrop of unfenced country and dark winding valleys at night.<br><br><b>Praise for Mary Stewart</b><b>:</b><br><br>'Stylish' <b><i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>'Wonderful'<i> <b>Scotsman</b></i><br><br>'Mary Stewart is magic' <i><b>New York Times</b></i><br><br>'[She] sprinkled intelligence around like stardust' <b><i>Herald</i></b><br><br>'One of the great British storytellers of the 20th century' <i><b>Independent</b></i><br><br>'She set the benchmark for pace, suspense and romance - with a great dollop of escapism as the icing' <b>Elizabeth Buchan</b></p>