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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
I think I may have been reading too many books in this genre recently... mid-20th century destination mysteries. I've recently enjoyed many of M.M. Kaye's books like that, and for me this one wasn't quite as good. Until the end, it felt a bit slow. And it wasn't terribly suspenseful, as it was immediately and correctly assumed who the baddies were. I also didn't feel like Nicola or Mark were very interesting personalities, and their romance was so very slight and rather generic.
This is a fun read with a resourceful heroine, but the sixties were a simpler time, weren’t they? Nicola thinks she is heading to a small hotel on the coast of Crete for a quiet vacation away from the tourist crowds of Athens. But almost from the minute she arrives she is sucked into drama and intrigue. She is older and savvier than Hayley Mills in the movie version but the spectacular setting is the same.
It took long enough to get to the action. But, still a good book.
A fun, quick, suspense story. The main character is on vacation on a Greek Island. The descriptions of the people, landscape, and town made me ready for travel.
adventurous
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
Switched to another edition but unable to delete this edition.
Thoroughly enjoyed this light romantic thriller.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Originally penned by one of the queens of romantic suspense in 1962, The Moon-Spinners was a fast favorite the first time I read it. Mary Stewart spins out a tale of a British woman living in Athens taking her work holiday on the isle of Crete and instead of encountering lots of R&R at the little seaside village hotel, she gets a suspenseful and romantic adventure.
Nicola Ferris takes her Good Samaritan act to the extreme when she aids Mark, a fellow Englishman with basic first aid, but then helps him solve the mystery of his shooting and his teenage brother's ominous disappearance. Mary Stewart brought the gorgeous, pastoral inland Crete isle to life as well as the village and fishing life as setting and laid out a well-paced suspense plot of danger drawing ever near as Nicola figures out who is involved and what is going on before they work out that she's on their trail.
Daphne Kouma is a new to me narrator and I thought her brilliant for the pairing with The Moon-Spinners, the voice of Nicola and her talented skill to voice the rest of the cast whether Brit or Greek.
All in all, this was a spendiforous revisit to a fabulous classic romantic suspense.
Nicola Ferris takes her Good Samaritan act to the extreme when she aids Mark, a fellow Englishman with basic first aid, but then helps him solve the mystery of his shooting and his teenage brother's ominous disappearance. Mary Stewart brought the gorgeous, pastoral inland Crete isle to life as well as the village and fishing life as setting and laid out a well-paced suspense plot of danger drawing ever near as Nicola figures out who is involved and what is going on before they work out that she's on their trail.
Daphne Kouma is a new to me narrator and I thought her brilliant for the pairing with The Moon-Spinners, the voice of Nicola and her talented skill to voice the rest of the cast whether Brit or Greek.
All in all, this was a spendiforous revisit to a fabulous classic romantic suspense.