by Mary Stewart
First published 1981
Gianetta Brooke travels to the Isle of Skye seeking solitude after her recent divorce, hoping the rugged Scottish landscape will help her heal. She stays at a remote hotel where climbers and tourists gather beneath the dramatic peaks of the Cuillin mountains. Her peace shatters when a fellow guest dies under suspicious circumstances on the treacherous slopes. As more deaths follow, Gianetta realizes a killer moves among the small group of visitors. The isolation that drew her to Skye now traps her with a murderer who uses the dangerous terrain as cover. She must navigate both the physical perils of the mountain wilderness and the psychological threat of someone determined to kill. With each victim, the net closes tighter around the survivors, forcing Gianetta to confront not only external danger but also her own capacity for courage and survival.
Genres: adventure, suspense, mystery, contemporary
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Isle of Skye, Scotland
Period: 20th-century
214 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Fawcett
Content warnings: death, murder