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Touch Not the Cat
- Author
- Mary Stewart
- Narrator
- Zoe Mills
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 9 May 2019
- Run Time
- 10 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Ashley Court: the tumbledown ancestral home of the Ashley family, all blessed with 'the gift' of being able to speak to each other without words. When Bryony Ashley's father dies under mysterious circumstances, his final words a cryptic warning to her, Bryony returns from abroad to uncover Ashley Court's secrets. What did her father's message mean? What lies at the centre of the overgrown maze in the gardens? And who is trying to prevent Bryony from discovering the truth?
Tell Bryony. The cat, it's in the cat on the pavement. The map. The letter. In the brook. Tell Bryony. My little Bryony to be careful. Danger.
'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' Harriet Evans
(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
This book is an old favourite of mine, and it's great to have an appropriate reader for it. There areva couple of mispronounced names, but that's a minor quibble. If I was coming to this book for the first time, I'm not sure I would be so accepting of the (very) slightly supernatural element to the plot, but as I first read it as a teenager it was a lovely trip down memory lane! All in all, an enjoyable listen.
pigmint 2026-04-06
Details
- Author
- Mary Stewart
- Narrator
- Zoe Mills
- Duration
- 10 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 May 2019
- ISBN
- 9781529378849
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
An exceptional novel of dark family secrets - danger lurks behind every shadow in Mary Stewart's classic novel of romantic suspense.Ashley Court: the tumbledown ancestral home of the Ashley family, all blessed with 'the gift' of being able to speak to each other without words. When Bryony Ashley's father dies under mysterious circumstances, his final words a cryptic warning to her, Bryony returns from abroad to uncover Ashley Court's secrets. What did her father's message mean? What lies at the centre of the overgrown maze in the gardens? And who is trying to prevent Bryony from discovering the truth?Tell Bryony. The cat, it's in the cat on the pavement. The map. The letter. In the brook. Tell Bryony. My little Bryony to be careful. Danger.'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' Harriet Evans(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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