<p><b>The original queen of the page-turner Mary Stewart leads her readers on a journey of murder and deceit through the dusty roads of mid-century Greece in this tale that fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym are sure to love.<br><br></b>''<b>The contemporary thriller at its very best</b>'' <i>Guardian</i><br><br><b>''Mary Stewart is magic'' </b><i>New York Times</i><br><br>''Nothing ever happens to me...'' So begins Camilla Haven''s letter home during her quiet holiday in Athens. But when a stranger begs her to drive a car to Delphi, swearing that it is a matter of life and death, Camilla impulsively takes the opportunity she''s been offered. Before long she is caught up in a whirlwind of intrigue, deceit and murder as she spins along the dusty Greek roads in a race against time to solve a fourteen-year-old mystery.<br><br><i>The longer I waited the less possible it seemed to walk out of the caf¿nd leave everything to settle itself without me, and the more insidiously did the othe