Tells the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress who has come to India to be married; and of Captain Alex Randall, her escort and protector, who knows that Winter's husband to be has become a debauched wreck of a man.
Mary M. Kaye Books
August 21, 1908 – January 29, 2004
M. M. Kaye's literary voice is deeply shaped by her formative years spent in India, a land that continues to resonate throughout her evocative storytelling. Her narratives often transport readers to richly drawn, historical settings, exploring themes of cultural intersection and personal journeys with a distinctive flair. Kaye possesses a unique ability to craft immersive worlds, blending meticulous detail with compelling character arcs. Her prose captures the essence of place and time, offering a profound and engaging exploration of the human experience.
A magnificent romantic/historical/adventure novel set in India at the time of mutiny. The Far Pavilions is a story of 19th Century India, when the thin patina of English rule held down dangerously turbulent undercurrents. It is a story about and English man - Ashton Pelham-Martyn - brought up as a Hindu and his passionate, but dangerous love for an Indian princess. It's a story of divided loyalties, of tender camaraderie, of greedy imperialism and of the clash between east and west. To the burning plains and snow-capped mountains of this great, humming continent, M.M. Kaye brings her quite exceptional gift of immediacy and meticulous historical accuracy, plus her insight into the human heart.
Death in Berlin
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Miranda Brand is visiting Germany for what is supposed to be a month's vacation. But from the moment that Brigadier Brindley relates the story about a fortune in lost diamonds--a story in which Miranda herself figures in an unusual way--the vacation atmosphere becomes transformed into something more ominous. And when murder strikes on the night train to Berlin, Miranda finds herself unwillingly involved in a complex chain of events that will soon throw her own life into peril. Set against a background of war-scarred Berlin in the early 1950s, Death in Berlin is a consummate mystery from one of the finest storytellers of our time.
Trade Wind
- 631 pages
- 23 hours of reading
The year is 1859 and Hero Hollis, beautiful and headstrong niece of the American consul, arrives in Zanzibar. It is an earthly paradise; it is also the last outpost of the Slave Trade. A passionate opponent of slavery, Hero is swept into a turmoil of royal intrigue, abduction, piracy, smuggling, and a virulent cholera epidemic. There in Zanzibar, the most cruelly beautiful island of the Southern Seas, she must choose her love and unravel her destiny.
Death in Kashmir
- 333 pages
- 12 hours of reading
When young Sarah Parrish takes a skiing vacation to Gulmarg, a resort nestled in the mountains above the fabled Vale of Kashmir, she anticipates an entertaining but uneventful stay. But when she discovers that the deaths of two in her party are the reuslt of foul play, she finds herself entrusted with a mission of unforseen importance. And when she leaves the ski slopes for the Waterwitch, a private houseboat on the placid shores of the Dal Lake near Srinagar, she discovers to her horror that the killer will stop at nothing to prevent Sarah from piecing the puzzle together.
Death In Zanzibar
- 354 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Dany Ashton is invited to vacation at her stepfather's home in Zanzibar and finds herself caught up in a search for hidden gold with a group of houseguests that includes a ruthless murderer
Schatten über dem Mond. Roman. Aus d. Engl. v. Ilka Paradies
- 597 pages
- 21 hours of reading
In ihrem Roman "Schatten über dem Mond" erzählt die Bestseller-Autorin M.M. Kaye eine Geschichte von Liebe und Tod vor dem märchenhaft-exotischen Hintergrund Britisch-Indiens.
