The Stormy Petrel

Rose Fenemore is looking forward to a quiet holiday with her brother, Crispin, on the Island of Moila off the west coast of Scotland. The isolated cottage she has rented promises to be a perfect retreat where she can finish writing a novel, and where Crispin can walk and fish and indulge his passion for photography. But things do not turn out so idyllically. Her brother's arrival is delayed. One two men seek shelter from a violent storm--men whose conflicting stories draw Rose into a web of menace and suspicion. Then there's the confusion she feels about Ewen Mackay, the island's prodigal son, and about the man calling himself John Parsons, whose account of himself Rose has every reason to distrust. Mary Stewart, 1991 Hardcover, Very Good but with a store stamp on first page inside cover 189 pages 442g 24.2 x 16.5 x 2 cm