4 Ergebnisse.

A professional co-respondent with a side line in blackmail, a shallow coquette, a naval officer, a maid ... love strikes the least likely subjects, and makes idols even of the unworthy, but the loss of the least worthy lover can be an enduring sorrow. Eleven little tales of loves lost, loves mourned ... and just possibly loves redeemed.

Things end, belief fades, but even when the world changes, stories remain. Stories about magic, stories about dragons, stories from worlds that never were and even, here and there, stories that impinge on the world we think we know.

From the mysterious confidence of Cal Turner to the irrepressible insouciance of Kathryn Blake, very little is what it seems. There are stones with a secret and stones with a purpose, answers found and answers withheld, eleven little tales of lies told and lies uncovered ... some with more excuse than others.

She is, only and always, Kate, and she has not come to Vienna for the dancing. But caught between a Department that distrusts her and an adversary who knows her immediately for one of his own, Kate - traceuse, pickpocket and cat burglar - finds that Vienna is always about dancing, and that the dance is in her blood. Carefully-plotted and emotionally involving, this is a book whose well drawn characters and fine prose can be savoured at leisur...