Wildfire at Midnight
Book description
The tense, twisty murder mystery which will have you on the edge of your seat, from the author of Madam, Will You Talk?/font size>
'Mary Stewart is magic' New York Times
Following a heart-breaking divorce, Gianetta retreats to the Isle of Skye hoping to find tranquillity in the island's savage…
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1 author picked Wildfire at Midnight as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book concerns vacationers at a small hotel in the Scottish Hebrides. A murder is committed. Due to the island and the hotel’s remoteness, the location creates a closed community. Everyone has reasons to be annoyed with others, adding tension and motives for murder. I particularly like the enveloping mood of the wild mountains and fog. Radio broadcasts of real-life events (Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation preparations and Sir Edmund Hillary’s climb of Mount Everest) add a strange link to the outside world for this group of isolated hotel guests. I felt it also underscored the contrast between their forced solitude…
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