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 of all countries of the world. This collection includes two novels: “The Moon Weavers” and “The Hounds of Gabriel.” In each of them, the action takes place in exotic and mysterious places. The heroine of the first novel, Nicola Ferris, comes to Crete to relax, and unexpectedly discovers that in this serene corner of paradise, a real hunt is underway for two young Englishmen, who, by an unfortunate accident, witnessed a murder... The young aristocrat Christie, the heroine of the second novel, travels through Lebanon. She learns that her Aunt Harriet, an eccentric rich old woman, lives near Beirut in her palace. Christy is eager to visit her aunt. However, it is quite difficult to get into her fairy-tale palace, which seems to have stepped out of the pages of One Thousand and One Nights. And it’s even more difficult to get out of it alive...