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 in all countries of the world. The heroine of the book “A Bonfire in the Night,” Janetta Drury, arrives at a small hotel on the Scottish Isle of Skye and learns that a murder very similar to a ritual one recently took place in these places. The hotel guests are under suspicion... The novel “My Brother Michael” takes the reader to Greece. Camilla Haven, helping her travel companion Simon find the place where his brother Michael died during the war, learns about the secret of the “glittering citadel” hidden in the mountains. But not only Simon is trying to solve this mystery... And again Scotland! Rose Fenimore, the heroine of The Ivory Tower, rents a small house on the seashore to write poetry away from the hustle and bustle. But one night two strangers unceremoniously invade her serene existence...