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A review by sophiarose1816
The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart, Mary Stewart
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
5.0
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.