Death in Cyprus
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Death in Cyprus is an M. M. Kaye
mystery novel. The story, set on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus
, focuses on 21-year-old Amanda Derington who, against her strict uncle Oswin's wishes, decides to have a holiday on the beautiful island. However, whilst on a boat to the island, she witnesses the murder of one of the passengers. But the longer she spends on Cyprus, the more she gets the feeling that she was the intended victim.
M. M. Kaye
Mary Margaret Kaye was a British writer. Her most famous book was The Far Pavilions .-Life:M. M. Kaye was born in Simla, India, and spent her early childhood and much of her early-married life there...
mystery novel. The story, set on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
, focuses on 21-year-old Amanda Derington who, against her strict uncle Oswin's wishes, decides to have a holiday on the beautiful island. However, whilst on a boat to the island, she witnesses the murder of one of the passengers. But the longer she spends on Cyprus, the more she gets the feeling that she was the intended victim.
Characters
- Amanda Derington, the protagonist
- Steven Howard, a mysterious artist
- Julia Blaine, the woman murdered
- Alistair Blaine, Julia's husband
- Persis Halliday, a romance writer
- Claire Norman, a femme fatal
- George Norman, Claire's husband
- Glenn Barton, an employee of Oswin
- Anita Barton, Glenn's former wife
- Lumley Potter, an artist who Anita ran off with
- Toby Gates, Amanda's prospective male-friend