272 pages
English language
Published Sept. 28, 1998 by Ivy Books.
In the summer of 1947, Kate Herrick, widowed by the war, returns to Rose Cottage, her childhood home. A tiny thatched dwelling nestled in an idyllic country setting, Rose Cottage at first appears the picture of tranquility. But Kate soon discovers that someone has broken in; the papers that are the object of her visit have disappeared, and the village seethes with gossip. How harmless are her elderly neighbors who are suspected of witchcraft? And what is behind their reports of nighttime prowlers and ghosts in the cottage garden?
I checked this out from our library because I thought it was another book I had listened to (on audiotape!!) long ago. I had it mixed up with Thornyhold, which I am now going back and reading.
Even though it wasn't what I'd had in mind, as always, I found Mary Stewart's style so comforting and enjoyable. A little romance, some mild mystery, and lovely descriptive prose. Just the thing for this fraught world right now.
