num_pages: 373
description: When Lucy Waring's sister Phyllida suggests that she join her for a quiet holiday on the island of Corfu, young English Lucy is overjoyed. Her work as an actress has temporarily come to a halt. She believes there is no finer place to be "at liberty" than the sun-drenched isle of Corfu, the alleged locale for Shakespeare's The Tempest. Even the suspicious actions of the handsome, arrogant son of a famous actor cannot dampen her enthusiasm for this wonderland in the Ionian Sea.But the peaceful idyll does not last long. A series of incidents, seemingly unconnected - but all surrounded in mystery - throws Lucy's life into a dangerous spin, as fear, danger and death - as well as romance - supplant the former tranquility. Then a human corpse is carried ashore on the incoming tide... And without warning, she found she had stumbled into a nightmare of strange violence, stalked by shadows of terror and sudden death.
language: English
title: This Rough Magic
titlecomplete: This Rough Magic
characters: Lucy Waring (Rough Magic)
genres: Greece, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Gothic, Suspense, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Romance, Fiction, Romantic Suspense
ratings_count: 9495
places: Corfu, Greece, Ionian Islands
awards: awardedAt: -157737600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: HarperTorch