Stormy Petrel
by Mary Stewart
Taste attributes: mysterythrillerromanceadventurelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemsrescue/escape/jeopardycomplex relationship
Boxlist takeAn emotional, glossy mystery, otherwise balanced. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.9 / 5
8 ratings
About This Book
Rose Fenemore is taking a break from her Cambridge teaching post to meet her brother Crispin on the island of Moila off the west coast of Scotland. She looks forward to a quiet holiday in a natural paradise of seabirds and wild flowers. But things do not turn out so idyllically.
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- Author
- Mary Stewart
- Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 232
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- Source
- Open Library
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