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Blue Fire / Black Amber
Paired in this Volume are two of Whitney's most suspenseful romances. On is set in myth-enshrouded Africa. The other against the Mosques and Minarets of Modern Turkey.
In Blue Fire Susan returns to Africa with her husband whom she recently married but scarely knows. Susan fears her first encounter with her father who drover her mother and her from his home and later served a prison term for smuggling diamonds.
In Black Amber Tracy vows to solve the mystery of her sister's "suicide by drowning". Tracy is in Istanbul and overhears a heated argument but the only word she knows is her own name. What is the meaning of a string of black amber beads marking an alarming passage in a book? Is Radburn part of some loathsome secret hidden in the past? Tracy senses that she may already know too much and that her life is in peril!
In Blue Fire Susan returns to Africa with her husband whom she recently married but scarely knows. Susan fears her first encounter with her father who drover her mother and her from his home and later served a prison term for smuggling diamonds.
In Black Amber Tracy vows to solve the mystery of her sister's "suicide by drowning". Tracy is in Istanbul and overhears a heated argument but the only word she knows is her own name. What is the meaning of a string of black amber beads marking an alarming passage in a book? Is Radburn part of some loathsome secret hidden in the past? Tracy senses that she may already know too much and that her life is in peril!
470 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1964
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About the author
Phyllis A. Whitney
191 books573 followersPhyllis Ayame Whitney (1903 – 2008) was an American mystery writer. Rare for her genre, she wrote mysteries for both the juvenile and the adult markets, many of which feature exotic locations. A review in The New York Times once dubbed her "The Queen of the American Gothics".
She was born in Japan to American parents and spent her early years in Asia. Whitney wrote more than seventy novels. In 1961, her book The Mystery of the Haunted Pool won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Juvenile novel, and she duplicated the honor in 1964, for The Mystery of the Hidden Hand. In 1988, the MWA gave her a Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement. Whitney died of pneumonia on February 8, 2008, aged 104.
She was born in Japan to American parents and spent her early years in Asia. Whitney wrote more than seventy novels. In 1961, her book The Mystery of the Haunted Pool won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Juvenile novel, and she duplicated the honor in 1964, for The Mystery of the Hidden Hand. In 1988, the MWA gave her a Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement. Whitney died of pneumonia on February 8, 2008, aged 104.
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