Wildfire at midnight

mass market paperback, 324 pages

English language

Published Feb. 20, 2003 by HarperCollins, Publishers, Inc..

ISBN:
978-0-06-009357-0
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Lovely, successful fashion model Gianetta Brooke is on the verge of a breakdown when her boss sends her away for a month of complete rest and quiet. A remote hotel in the Hebrides, favored by climbers and anglers rather than the smart set, seems like just the ticket.

If only there hadn't been a gruesome murder there. If only Gianetta's ex-husband Nick hadn't showed up.

If only Gianetta hadn't stumbled across a key piece of evidence that seems to point right at Nick...

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This one was notable for me being set on the isle of Skye in Scotland, which was a refreshing switch from France, even if the obligatory Colorful Locales With Spelled-Out Scottish Accents were a bit tough to read (the trick of it, I found, seemed to be a bit zen--if I didn't try too hard to sound out the spellings, the accent clicked better in my brain). We get more characters smoking a lot in this story, and to add to that, the slightly out of the ordinary (for Stewart) tack of the heroine starting the story divorced. Three guesses who shows up on Skye shortly after she does. ;)

All jokes about Mystery Science Theater 3000 and "OH NO JOEL, ROCK CLIMBING!" aside, there are some neat tense passages herein where most of the cast go out in search of missing climbers. To a modern reader it'd probably be …

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