My Brother Michael
The genre-defining tale of adventure, intrigue and murder from the Queen of the Romantic Mystery

3.66 stars. I've read this four times over the years, and it grows on me a little more every time. "Nothing ever happens to me," writes Camilla Haven to her friend from an Athens restaurant in a bout of lonely self-pity, so of course you know that she'll be proven wrong in very short order. "Beware o......more

the ruins of Delphi are a melancholy tribute to past glories, and to past atrocities. the Englishman's brother Michael is likewise dead and gone but not forgotten; the mystery of his death lingers on, a lure for the curious and mournful, bait for the greedy and murderous. Greece is a hot and dusty p......more

So this is the third Mary Stewart novel that I have read in the past six days. I might be obsessed. It's certainly a possibility that I have been considering. At any rate, I feel like a should light up a cigarette (or twenty) and put on a pencil skirt and heels and go running through the mountains o......more

Another solid romantic suspense from Mary Stewart. A real influencer, Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels for one. Camilla Haven is in Athens writing a letter to a friend complaining nothing exciting ever happens to her. She’s looking for an adventure after getting out of what was a stifling engagement......more

Originally published here. I've been dreaming of Greece. I've never been there myself, much to my continual dismay, and so it remains at the very top of my list when it comes to countries I need to visit next. Lately, I've been doing some research on the country for work. Hence the dreams. And whenev......more