Mulvany, CatherineMareMagnum
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2005When Caitlin O'Shaughnessy's stepfather -- world-renowned Medieval English professor Magnus Armstrong -- is abducted in Scotland, she jets across the Atlantic to help find him. Her only clue: a teardrop-shaped charm on a broken chain left behind in the struggle. The authorities in Edinburgh are useless but Caitlin soon finds a partner in her desperate search -- sexy playboy Dominic Fortune, who's funding genetics research at the university. Traveling to the Mediterranean island of Calix, where the charm originated, they share a journey full of danger, passion, and magical surprises. But Dominic carries with him more than a few secrets -- about his identity, about the dynasty that has ruled Calix for more than 2,000 years, and about the charm's link to the quest for eternal life. Racing against time and surrounded by people she's not sure she can trust, Caitlin must use all her wits and an ancient magic to save her stepfather and herself and to uncover the many mysteries of the man by her side. Book
1973Nothing seemed more unpleasant to lovely, dark-haired Miss Araminta Surtaine than a coach journey with her unctuous guardian, Lord Robert Eddystone. Still, she had no choice but to accompany him. Her eighteenth birthday, which would entitle her to the extraordinary Surtaine fortune, and freedom, was still two weeks away. But when Araminta realized that Lord Robert planned to force her into marrying his repugnant son, she resolved to risk death to avoid the fate. And so it was that she flung herself from his speeding carriage into darkness and awoke in a camp of gypsies,her memory gone, her name changed, and her future as mysterious and exciting as the roguishly handsome stranger there whose true identity was as dangerous to reveal as Araminta's own.... Book
1980Homeless and facing penury, Kate Warrender and her mother are forced to take refuge with saturnine Lord Hawth, the 'wicked earl' of local rumour. As Luddite riots and French invasion threaten England, Kate needs all her wit and spirit to save not only reputation but life itself... Book
1970Romantic suspense . Gothic novel Book
1957Vintage original paperback. Artist Jennifer Silver has traveled to the picturesque, secluded Valley of the Storms in the French Pyrenees to meet with her young cousin Gillian, who is about to enter the Convent of Our Lady of the Storms. She had come to the convent -a brooding cluster of ancient buildings nestled deep in the wild upper reaches of the Pyrenees-to discover that the young woman has died in a dreadful car accident. Or did she? The convent was not like others. There was something strange and frightening about the place... something that gave off an aura of evil, of hidden, violent things... Searching out the truth meant trouble. Lies abound in this strange and frightening place, but seeking the truth could lead Jennifer to one murderer. She did not know, until too late, it also meant... her own violent death.192p..Neat, clean tight copy, slight scuffing to paper cover, else very good. Book
1979Under sentence of death, Anne Paget accepts a surprise offer of a part in Regulus, an opera Beethoven wrote. It is to be staged in Lissenberg to celebrate an international peace conference. Arriving in the green and secure valley, Anne soon realizes that hers has indeed been a gamble. Greeted with acclaim and moved from understudy to star, she is more aware of the dangerous crosscurrents that underlie the glittering society of Lissenberg. Sabotage and murder threaten both the opera and peace conference, and despite the glamour of her position, Anne is hard put to know whom to suspect.(name on ffep, else fine) Book
1979Under sentence of death, Anne Paget accepts a surprise offer of a part in Regulus, an opera Beethoven wrote. It is to be staged in Lissenberg to celebrate an international peace conference. Arriving in the green and secure valley, Anne soon realizes that hers has indeed been a gamble. Greeted with acclaim and moved from understudy to star, she is more aware of the dangerous crosscurrents that underlie the glittering society of Lissenberg. Sabotage and murder threaten both the opera and peace conference, and despite the glamour of her position, Anne is hard put to know whom to suspect.(name on ffep, else fine) Book
1970Romantic suspense set in Portigal during the Peninsula WarsTo Juana Brett the summons from her grandmother in Portugal appeared to be only an invitation to revisit the beloved scenes of her childhood. She did not know that the familiar castle on the lonely cliffs of Cabo Roca had become the secret meeting place of spies and terrorists. Nor that she herself was to be caught up in a fantastic web of intrigue that had wound itself around her family. From the moment Juana learned about the winding stair that led to the hidden rooms beneath the castle, she became part of the nightmare conspiracy that threatened everyone she loved. Book
1970"Ritual murder on a mountain in Skye - and supsicion and rising fear among the guests staying nearby." Neat cleAn text, paper covers scuffeD Book
1968Romance and suspense and mistaken idenity in Northumberland. Well written & plotted. Vintage US Pbk edition, slightly scuffed small tear to bottom of spine (repaired) Book
1965Mystery around the Lippizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.Lovely Vanessa March, two years married and very much in love, did not think it was a strange for her husband to take a business trip to Stockholm. What was strange was the silence that followed. She never thought to look for her missing husband in Vienna -- until she saw him in a newsreel shot there at the scene of a deadly fire. Then she caught a glimpse of him in a newsreel shot of a crowd near a mysterious circus fire and knew it was more than strange. It was downright sinister. Vanessa is propelled to Vienna by the shocking discovery. In her charge is young Timothy Lacy, who also has urgent problems to solve. But her hunt for answers only leads to more sinister questions in a mysterious world of white stallions of Vienna. But what promises to be no more than a delicate personal mission turns out to involve the security forces of three countries, two dead men, a circus and its colourful personnel. And what waits for Vanessa in the shadows is more terrifying than anything she has ever encountered. Book
1981Novel of romantic suspense set in a 19thC. archaeological dig in Egypt. Tight neat copy but the paper is age toned and with a slight stain on preliminary pages , ffep missing, library stamp on rear endpaper.189p. Ex-Library
1961Romance and suspense and mistaken identity in Northumberland. Near the Roman Wall, the ruin of a beautiful old house standing cheek-by-jowl with the solid, sunlit prosperity of the manor farm - a lovely place, and a rich inheritance for one of the two remaining Winslow heirs. There had been a third, but Annabel Winslow had died four years ago - so when a young woman calling herself Annabel Winslow comes 'home' to Whitescar, Con Winslow and his half-sister Lisa must find out whether she really is who she says she is.Mary Grey has nothing to look forward to except a future as colorless as her name. So if she looks, walks, and smiles so much like the glamorous missing heiress Annabel Winslow, why not be her for a little while? To the lonely young woman--living in a dreary furnished room, faced with an uncertain future--the impersonation offered intriguing possibilities. If Mary looked so much like the missing heiress, why should she not be an heiress? And so plain Mary became the glamorous Annabel. But she did not live happily ever after. In fact, she almost did not live at all. Because someone wanted Annabel Winslow missing ... permanently.Name of previous owner, else fine Book
1965Mystery around the Lippizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.Lovely Vanessa March, two years married and very much in love, did not think it was a strange for her husband to take a business trip to Stockholm. What was strange was the silence that followed. She never thought to look for her missing husband in Vienna -- until she saw him in a newsreel shot there at the scene of a deadly fire. Then she caught a glimpse of him in a newsreel shot of a crowd near a mysterious circus fire and knew it was more than strange. It was downright sinister. Vanessa is propelled to Vienna by the shocking discovery. In her charge is young Timothy Lacy, who also has urgent problems to solve. But her hunt for answers only leads to more sinister questions in a mysterious world of white stallions of Vienna. But what promises to be no more than a delicate personal mission turns out to involve the security forces of three countries, two dead men, a circus and its colourful personnel. And what waits for Vanessa in the shadows is more terrifying than anything she has ever encountered. Book
1967Romance and suspense in Lebanon, with echoes of the famous Lady Hester Stanhope. Name crossed out on ffep, else as new Book
1967Romance and suspense in Lebanon, with echoes of Lady Hester Stanhope. Book
1977Previously issued 1975 in hardcover by Delacorte as "The Pompeii Scroll" Book
1973The first mistake Danica Hughes made was talking to the attractive stranger who sat beside her on the airplane jetting her to Europe. The second mistake was picking up his attache case by accident, and carrying it off with her to her hotel in Paris. The third mistake was opening it, and discovering its suspicious contents .... And now Danica knew she could not afford another mistake. Caught in a whirlpool of violence and deception, torn between a magnetic American wheeler-dealer and a devastatingly charming French aristocrat, she fled through a labyrinth of terror in an ancient French abbey, and one false step would be fatal .Neat clean text. some wear to paper covers Book
1986A missing sister and a mysterious European castle led Catherine Hume into a spiderweb of suspense, suspicion,and sudden romance.Katie and her sister Nyx were as close to each other as two human beings can possibly be. When Nyx disappeared from Schloss Stelleberg, the legendary castle in Germany ...it was up to Katie to find her. But the evil net that has ensnared Nyx was lurking in wait for Katie too. Clena tight text, slight creasing along spine,le fine Book
2017It has been 24 years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time. When the now-crumbling house, "Pandora," is left to her by her godfather, she returns to spend the summer there with her family. Yet, as soon as Helena arrives at Pandora, she knows that its idyllic beauty masks a web of secrets that she has kept from William, her husband, and Alex, her son. At the difficult age of 13, Alex is torn between protecting his beloved mother, and growing up. And equally, desperate to learn the truth about his real father. When, by chance, Helena meets her childhood sweetheart, a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to make her past and present collide. Both Helena and Alex know that life will never be the same, once Pandora's secrets have been revealed . . . Book
1972A sun-drenched Greek island steeped in dark and ancient superstitions. A strange mute child whose only gifts seem to be an angelic beauty and an uncanny ability to project shadow pictures on the wall. A passionate young woman-besieged by danger, blinded by love... Book
1977The townspeople of Demington had always lived in the shadow of Mount Fair, the magnificent mansion that Emily Deming came to after her young husband Tom's tragic death -- or was it murder? Even though she was surrounded by the people who had known Tom besf, Emily felt more alone than ever. For she alone must piece together the puzzle that would set her free - to forget the past and to succumb to the faint whispers of love that were already stirring in her heart. Neat tght copy, slight wear to edges of paper covers Book
1965[ #72-934] A missing sister and a mysterious European castle led Catherine Hume into a spiderweb of suspense, suspicion,and sudden romance.Katie and her sister Nyx were as close to each other as two human beings can possibly be. When Nyx disappeared from Schloss Stelleberg, the legendary castle in Germany ...it was up to Katie to find her. But the evil net that has ensnared Nyx was lurking in wait for Katie too. Original vintage copy with tight unmarked text. Paper agetoned, covers scuffed Book
1990"A superb story charged with supernatural danger, cold-blooded murder and gripping suspense" 187p. Book
2005Since Sandy Frederick first set foot on the volcanic Greek isle of Thera, this breathtaking place of ancient myth and mystery has haunted her dreams. Joining her estranged, obsessed father on a dive to find astonishing secrets from the ocean"s floor, she cannot shake the feeling that she was meant to be here; that some ancient, inscrutable power is calling to her. But there are others who have been eagerly waiting for her arrival to drag her into a tangled and terrifying web of secrets, dark superstition, betrayal, blood, and death. And suddenly Sandy"s heritage and her destiny could be her doom.342p, As new except for remainder matk. Book