# The Wind Off the Small Isles and The Lost One by Mary Stewart (Paperback)

**The** **sweeping long-lost novella, now available in paperback for the first time in 40 years, alongside** **recently rediscovered short story 'The Lost One', from the original queen of romantic suspense**

**_'Total heaven' Harriet Evans_**

1879\. Lanzarote. A wealthy young woman elopes with an impoverished fisherman, leaving her family distraught.

1968\. Perdita West, secretary to a famous author, visits Lanzarote on a research trip and begins to fall in love with the unusual, beautiful little island. When, while snorkelling, a landslide traps Perdita in an underwater cave, her efforts to save herself will reveal what happened to the ill-fated couple who fell in love at this very spot almost a century ago . . .

Also includes the recently rediscovered short story 'The Lost One', first published in _Woman's Journal_ in 1960, and set against the backdrop of unfenced country and dark winding valleys at night.

**Praise for Mary Stewart****:**

'Stylish' **_Guardian_**

'Wonderful'_**Scotsman**_

'Mary Stewart is magic' _**New York Times**_

'\[She\] sprinkled intelligence around like stardust' **_Herald_**

'One of the great British storytellers of the 20th century' _**Independent**_

'She set the benchmark for pace, suspense and romance - with a great dollop of escapism as the icing' **Elizabeth Buchan**

## Details

- **Price:** 9.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Hodder
- **Tags:** All Books, Romance

## Variants

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