Wildfire at Midnight was special as I had been on Skye for family holidays and loved the area. Wildfire at Midnight is a novel by Mary Stewart which was first published in 1956. This is an interesting Mary Stewart, because it is less a gothic story and more a murder mystery. the Isle of Skye was rendered in pleasing browns and greys, fog and wind and rain ever present, the surrounding mountainscape stark and threatening. For all readers who delight in women of courage and valor, and love to read about women coming into their own, Mary Stewart is for you. Refresh and try again. - as a way of making each character vivid and real. Another for the review asap pile. After two murders take place locally, suspicion falls on the hotel guests, who include an aging "femme-fatale" star stage actress, a possessive mountaineer and her ingenue apprentice, and a writer of travel guides. If you've read any of Mary Stewart's other books, apart from the Arthurian ones which are a whole different kettle of fish, you'll be pretty familiar with the formula: pretty high class woman who works for a living but has ties to the aristocracy, still girlish and a bit naive, gets swept. Everest. Blaven was already invisible, and a great wall of mist bore steadily across the glen behind us, obliterating the afternoon.". Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Please try again. This one wasn't her best, but it was still very good, indeed. I need to get caught up! Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. the romance took center stage only at the very end, in a brief but passionate and rather charming scene. [ her philandering ex, Nicholas. - means the motive feels like letting the air out of the tires. Everest and Queen Elizabeth's coronation. It was just over two hundred pages but it felt longer than that, mainly because of all the description and some of the back and forth dialog that went nowhere. Gianetta Brook, a lovely young woman with a successful London modeling career and a heartbreaking divorce behind her comes to the isle of Skye for a much needed vacation. Madam, Will You Talk? The front of my copy of this book says "Terror in the Hitchcock manner...a novel that terrifies as it entertains." There's a problem loading this menu right now. Wildfire at Midnight was such a pleasure that it reminded me why Mary Stewart's books landed on international bestseller lists time and again, and why many consider her to be the founder of the romantic mystery genre. I curled up with this one today and polished it off in an hour. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. However here are a coupl. Try. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2018. 3.5 stars. If you've read any of Mary Stewart's other books, apart from the Arthurian ones which are a whole different kettle of fish, you'll be pretty familiar with the formula: pretty high class woman who works for a living but has ties to the aristocracy, still girlish and a bit naive, gets swept up in some kind of mystery and manages to solve it all -- or at least be the instrument of the men solving it all -- while stumbling around and getting herself into trouble. Everyone who wants page gripping suspense, 3.5 stars. Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2017. A one-time brief description would have sufficed. I'd have believed it better if he hadn't had episodes of childlike incomprehension. It is perhaps the most Hitchcock in nature of any of her novels. This is probably more like 3.5 stars, but I'm rounding up purely because I guessed the twist, and the real murderer, correctly. I plan on reading more by her. Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2016. Wildfire at Midnight isn’t one of my favourite Stewart novels, and indeed the sense of dread and atmosphere in the book makes it perhaps a touch darker than the others, especially with the moral conflict in the last part where Gianetta thinks she knows who did the crime. Wildfire at Midnight: Stewart, Mary: Amazon.sg: Books. While I don't always mind the description in Mary Stewart's books, I did find it rather boring at times in this one. It may also have to effect of putting you off travelling to small Scottish islands! Having the cheating husband confess that his problem was pride - too proud to call her back! Gianetta, above suspicion due to her more recent arrival at the hotel, finds herself divided when assisting the police, torn between old loyalties and her clear civic duty. the murder mystery was compelling; the murderer or murderess (no spoilers!) And, as of 2017, almost all of her work is available in e-format. - and not “no longer traveling alone” on his research trips - coupled with that conversation Gianetta has with Alma - there’s dated, and there’s “makes me want to shake everyone for being so incredibly stupid and forgiving.” There are too many cheating husbands in this book. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2016. Her heroines were strong (but often didn't know it), smart (except when it came to themselves), and brave (which they discovered only when they were tested by life's vicissitudes). When I found that many of her suspense novels had been reprinted I ordered all of my favorites that had been lost. So when it's raining out and I'm feeling lazy and such, they're pretty much perfect for my mood. Once I sat down to really dive in to this book I read the majority in an afternoon. Gianetta's late arrival to the hotel assures her innocence and the local police ask her for her help in creating their dragnet. Over the next year I was a constant visitor to the library and read everything that Mary Stewart had written. It was just over two hundred pages but it felt longer than that, mainly because of all the description and some of the back and forth dialog that went nowhere. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. . [1] Stewart herself described the book as "an attempt at something different, the classic closed-room detective story with restricted action, a biggish cast, and a closely circular plot".[2]. Skip to main content.sg. the murder mystery was compelling; the murderer or murderess (no spoilers!) The prolific and beloved author John Grisham, known for his courtroom thrillers, is back this month with a new pageturner, A Time for Mercy,... To see what your friends thought of this book, I have a collection of vintage Mary Stewart novels, and this one is only 175 pages in my 1963 paperback, so it's a very quick but enjoyable read. [I'm mildly uncomfortable with the portrayal of mental illness here, specifically how Roderick Grant moves so effortlessly between normal behavior and his crazy times.

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