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Nine Coaches Waiting

Mary Stewart,

Sandra Brown (Foreword),

Renato Fratini (Illustrator)

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Jul 01, 2010 Lisa (Harmonybites) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, contemporary, literary-fiction, novels, mystery, crime, romance, suspense, ultimate-reading-list, ebooks

An author that can be found in general fiction--her Arthurian Merlin Trilogy is among my favorite books. This book published in 1958, a classic of "romantic suspense," is written in first person with a gorgeous, evocative prose style. Generally, the best I can say about a romance novel's prose style is that it isn't eye-bleeding--the prose in this novel invoked writer's envy. The characters are all very distinctive individuals: from the narrator, Linda Martin, who travels to France to take a pos ...more

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Jul 23, 2008 Nicole rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery-suspense, romance, complete-idiot-s-guide

I loved this book! It had a definite Jane Eyre flavor - the main character even makes numerous references to Jane. I loved the suspense factor and the romance, and I really enjoyed the fact that the language is so similar to many of the older classics. There were many passages that I reread multiple times because the language used was so beautiful - especially when she was describing the scenery around her. So sorry it ended . . . I could have kept reading this one!

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