[close] Twenty-year-old Amanda Derrington is on an extended cruise with her uncle when she decides to make a short side trip to the sun-washed island of Cyprus. But even before the ship arrives in port, there is a suspicious death. Once the passengers reach the island, it soon becomes clear that the death was in fact an act of murder. What Amanda had meant to be a pleasant excursion quickly takes a turn for the worse in this classic novel of suspense and romance by one of our most celebrated writers.AUTHORBIO: M.M. Kaye was born in India and spent much of her childhood and adult life there.Author of several mysteries, she became world famous with the publication of the international bestseller The Far Pavilions.She is also the author of the bestselling historical novels Shadow of the Moon and Trade Wind.She lives in England. [close]