![]() ![]() The road lifted itself ahead, mackerel silver under its bending poplars. A willow streamed in the wind like a woman’s hair. ![]() In Nine Coaches Waiting, at dusk in a French village, Stewart sets a romantic mood with a hint of shadow: "The leaves of an ilex cut the half-light like knives. Her prose is a master class in sense of place she sketches characters perfectly, succinctly: "He was driving like a careful insult." A tall, dark and handsome walking cliché is a "man whose looks and charm were practically guaranteed to get him home without his even trying." Stewart transports the reader into a setting like few others can her plots are classic. Chicago Review Press has reprinted eight of her 15 novels so far I hope there are more to come. ![]() Shivery winter days are a good time to re-read comforting favorites, like romantic suspense by Mary Stewart. ![]()
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