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I loved this one & wish I had had the time to review this book straight after I finished it! You know, when I was sitting on the edge of my seat with the excitement. It has been a while since I book made me feel like that.
Iris Carr would appear to have everything going for her. She is young, beautiful, bright and wealthy. But she is also bored & disenchanted with both her life style & the so called friends she is holidaying in Europe wi ...more
Iris Carr would appear to have everything going for her. She is young, beautiful, bright and wealthy. But she is also bored & disenchanted with both her life style & the so called friends she is holidaying in Europe wi ...more
Very compelling. Now I need to find the film.
Unlike most reviewers I haven't seen the Hitchcock film, although I have seen a stage adaptation of the book which was originally published as The Wheel Spins.
So I knew the story, but even so the book was exciting and my heart was racing as the train sped towards Trieste, hoping that Iris solved the mystery and that there would be a happy ending. I particularly enjoyed the parts of the story where Mr and Mrs Froy and their charming dog Sock are waiting for their daughter's safe return.
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So I knew the story, but even so the book was exciting and my heart was racing as the train sped towards Trieste, hoping that Iris solved the mystery and that there would be a happy ending. I particularly enjoyed the parts of the story where Mr and Mrs Froy and their charming dog Sock are waiting for their daughter's safe return.
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I liked it
A pleasantly tense plot that starts slow as the characters are introduced then builds nicely.
Jan 10, 2014
Emma
marked it as to-read
Aug 04, 2014
Adrienne
marked it as to-read
Jan 25, 2019
Gary Vassallo
marked it as ebook-library
