Mary Stewart's books won the hearts of millions of readers, while receiving high praise from critics who especially noted her skill in the genre of adventure novel. She, like no one else, managed to combine a lyrical theme, detective notes and truly cinematic suspense in the plot. Stewart's novels have been translated into many languages and still continue to captivate the reading public all over the world. The heroine of "Terrible Spells", the young actress Lucy, arrives on the beautiful island of Corfu and learns that her theatrical idol lives next door - the magnificent Julian Gale, who suddenly left the stage two years ago. His stay in Greece is shrouded in some kind of mystery, which Lucy cannot penetrate. Suddenly, the calm of the peaceful island explodes with a series of terrible events... In the second novel, the action takes place among the alpine landscapes. In newsreels filmed during a fire in an Austrian village, Vanessa March sees her husband Lewis in the company of a lovely stranger. Vanessa is shocked because Lewis is supposed to be in Stockholm on official business! She flies to Austria, but only new mysteries await her there. She understands that there is a big secret in her husband's life...