She has a great friend, and they have a way with words that I’d ‘kill’ for. There’s Gilbert White and Byron and Shelley, not to mention quotes and just generally things which I had never heard of before (at the time).Ĭharity is comfortably off in that way we’d all like to be, and has a tragic past of the kind we’d rather not share. Attractive touristy scenery.Īnd the education a person gets reading Madam, Will You Talk? is second to none. Handsome hero (might have mentioned him once or twice already) and good looking villain, as well. (I don’t even drive.) There is a boy who has everything you’d look for in a boy, and he has a dog, which has just about everything you’d look for in a dog.Īrt crime and kidnapping and romance in Provence. And she can disable cars to avoid being followed. Charity makes for exactly the kind of heroine I would want to be, and as for her Wolf of Orange hero… Well. It was her first, and I’m sort of wondering it might have been my first, too. It’s been such a relief to find that I’m neither alone in adoring Mary Stewart, nor in considering Madam, Will You Talk? as my very favouritest of her novels. Whenever I look back now on the strange and terrifying events of that holiday in Southern France, I remember the minutes I spent gazing at the golden arches of the Roman aqueduct over the Gardon.the last brief lull before the thunder.We can just about start our own sisterhood, I reckon. She soon finds herself in a deadly pursuit and must uncover who to trust.and who to fall for. But Charity's dream holiday turns into a nightmare when she becomes embroiled in a sinister plot to kidnap a young boy. It sounds idyllic: a leisurely drive through the sun-drenched landscape of Provence.
The pioneer of romantic suspense, Mary Stewart leads listeners on a thrilling journey through a dangerous and deadly Provence in this tale perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym.
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