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Stormy Petrel

By: Mary Stewart
Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
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A classic tale of love, intrigue, adventure and the natural world, set on a beautiful isolated Hebridean island, by beloved novelist Mary Stewart.

When Rose Fenemore takes a desperately needed holiday to an isolated cottage on the Scottish island of Moila she doesn't expect much in the way of adventure - just a few quiet weeks of writing, walking and bird-watching. And then, late one night during a wild storm, two young men appear in her doorway, seeking shelter from the wind and rain. Neither man is quite who he claims, and the question of whom to trust will put Rose in grave peril....

The stormy petrels. The fragile, tiny black birds, nocturnal and solitary, that come ashore to nest but spend most of the lives flying close above the sea waves, come storm or shine.

©1991 Mary Stewart (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Genre Fiction Mystery Romance Small Town & Rural Fiction Suspense

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"A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors." (Harriet Evans)
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Initially distracted by the narrators voice which doesnt sound like a Cambridge don. The other accents were lovely as is the story itself. Very satusfying.

One of my favourires

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I love Mary Stewart’s writing but The narrator’s speech pattern and voice were completely wrong. I so wish the older recorded versions of Mary Stewart’s books were available. Saying that however, Susie Riddell’s narration of The Wind off the Small Isles is perfect.

Favourite book spoilt by narration

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