Rediscovered Classics: The Moon-Spinners (Series #14) (Paperback)

from JulesJones

1960s romantic suspense. A young woman working at the British Embasyy goes to Crete for an Easter break with her cousin, and walks into a cover-up of a murder and a witness in hiding. The mystery is not in whodunnit, but why. An excellent romantic suspense with a vivid sense of place.

from shirfire218

I recommend this book. It is very well written. A fast-paced mystery with vivid descriptions of the fascinating setting in Crete. Much better or at least more complex and very different than the Disney movie version of it.

from SunnySD

A few days holiday on the coast of Greece turns from idyllic adventure to nerve-stretching suspense for Nicola Ferris. A moment's whim has the young British Embassy worker straying from the beaten path straight into international intrigue, murder and kidnapping. Chock full of suspense and the gen...

from Kasthu

Awhile ago, the author Deanna Raybourn had a blog post which basically sums up the essence of Mary Stewart's novels, much better than I could ever describe them. The Moonspinners sticks pretty much to Mary Stewart's tried-and-true formula-but she always manages to hold her readers in suspense, no...

from Jaylia3

This beautifully written, utterly charming romantic thriller kept my heart pounding in terrified suspense, even though my original copy of the book is falling apart because I've read the story so many times. When I was twelve or thirteen, Mary Stewart was a favorite author of everyone I knew who ...