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The Wind Off the Small Isles

Two enchanting stories from the Queen of the Romantic Mystery

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The Wind Off the Small Isles

By: Mary Stewart
Narrated by: Susie Riddell
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 Beloved author Mary Stewart's long-lost novella, now available for the first time in 40 years and perfect for fans of Anya Seton, Daphne du Maurier and Santa Montefiore.

'Now she would spell love her own way...'

In 1879, a wealthy young woman elopes with an impoverished fisherman, leaving her family, who live on the volcanic island of Lanzarote, distraught. In 1968, 23-year-old Perdita West, secretary to the famous author Cora Gresham, visits Lanzarote, the strangest and most wild of the Canary Isles, on a research trip. They meet Cora's estranged son, Mike, and fall in love with the unusual, beautiful little island.

While snorkeling, a landslide traps Perdita in an underwater cave. No one knows where she is, so she can't count on a rescue. And her efforts to save herself will reveal the solution to a century-old mystery...

The Wind off the Small Isles is Mary Stewart's sweeping, romantic long-lost novella, finally being brought back to print in a beautiful, all new edition for the first time in more than four decades.

(P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton©2016 Jennifer Clare Ogden Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Contemporary Cosy Mystery Short Stories
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Now my favourite Mary Stewart story. I listen most evenings to it. what a wonderful writer she was. Each book is different and well written. Her talent for desciption is wonderful.

Magic!

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would to friends who like style

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I'd read it before, so it was expected

Have you listened to any of Susie Riddell’s other performances? How does this one compare?

You and Me, Always, is the only other one. I like her performance.

Did The Wind off the Small Isles inspire you to do anything?

Yes, to be annoyed the other longer books are not on Audible

Any additional comments?

Please... give us the other classic adventures. This one is so very short.

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