The Secret Of The Villa Mimosa [Import] [Hardcover]

Elizabeth Adler (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Hodder And Stoughton (1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340607068
• ISBN-13: 978-0340607060
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,798,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Elizabeth Adler is a self-confessed romantic, a travel addict and a foodie, all of which she brings to the reader in her novels, along with a tough thrust of suspense and an unfolding mystery that keeps you on your toes. Elizabeth has lived in many countries and when she's not writing spends time discovering even more places to bring to you, with her husband, Richard - still in love after all these years - as are the characters featured in her past three novels, Mac Reilly the Malibu PI and Sunny Alvarez, his lover and side kick. You have to read about them to know them! Elizabeth lives in California and has the ability to take you to all those romantic places she knows so well, Capri, Venice, Tuscany, St. Tropez, Monte Carlo, and of course, Malibu. You will feel you are there, with her, sitting on that Italian terrace, sipping that coffee, smelling the delicious food, savoring the heat and the sunshine and the mystery unfolding for you. Elizabeth is five-three and wishes she were taller, blind as a bat without her glasses that anyway she is too vain to wear, and at 128 lbs till thinking about that diet. She has one daughter, Anabelle who is married to rock musician Eric Avery and two kitties, the Siamese, Sweet Pea who rules the household, and an adorable black cat Sunny.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Past and Present Collide In Riveting Novel, June 22, 2004

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Antoinette Klein (Hoover, Alabama USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Secret of the Villa Mimosa (Mass Market Paperback)

From a writer who delivers great novel after great novel, comes one that truly has everything. The suspense and mystery are first-rate as clues to a decades old murder are revealed. An amnesiac searching for her past, two orphans looking for their future, a handsome stranger, a dedicated psychiatrist, and an elderly eccentric are some of the characters you will take to heart. But it is homicide cop Franco Mahoney who is my personal favorite as he combines the best of Irish charm and affability with his innately Italian love of opera and gourmet cuisine.

Set in San Francisco, Paris, and Hawaii, this story follows the key characters as their lives overlap in a well-plotted, page-turning story. Accident victim Bea French finds a true friend in psychiatrist Phyl Forster who has forgotten what a personal life is. Naturally, Franco Mahoney hopes to give her one, until a handsome stranger with an erotic obsession whisks her off to his private island. Can the good guy win the girl? Will ancestors long dead be avenged? Will Bea's memory return, and at what price? Will a cat named Coco and a dog named Poochie save the day? This is one you won't want to put down and one that leaves you wanting more from these characters and this writer.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good read for a rainy day., July 7, 2000

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This review is from: The Secret of the Villa Mimosa (Mass Market Paperback)

First of all, this book had me from the beginning. The way she opened this book peaked my curiosity and never let go. Following the storyline from continent to continent was fun, and you could feel Bea's frustration at trying to recover from amnesia while trying to figure out who she is and what she did that would cause somebody to want her dead.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fast, Fun Read, September 1, 1999

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This review is from: The Secret of the Villa Mimosa (Mass Market Paperback)

Why everyone did not enjoy this romp from San Francisco to the Cote D'azur beats me. It may not be Dickens, or be recommended as one of the 100 greats of the century, but the story was fun, the reading fast and the conclusion satisfying. Recommended for a long rainy Sunday afternoon.