Anne Worboys

[from inside flap of Delacourt dj]

When Virginia Sandersen arrived on Mykonos, one of the sunny Greek isles, in search of her missing twin sister, Lee, she realized she was being followed. Her sister's letter had alarmed her: what was really going on at the Boutique Cleopatra, the shop Lee was managing for her boss, Kriton Fileas? Lee had always been the one who could manage on her own, yet her brief note spoke of trouble, and Virginia had felt mysteriously compelled to come to her rescue, whatever the consequences to herself and to her own safety. Virginia feared that she too was now involved in the strange and terrifying series of events that had already caused her sister's disappearance.

Against the backdrop of the colorful, fascinating islands, this suspenseful novel follows Virginia and the handsome Nat Ross in their pursuit of Lee's kidnappers. Investigating every clue, they find, the two are soon caught up in a sinister plot which involves them both in an international smuggling ring and a murder. The terror and helplessness Virginia feels as she races, against her will toward her awful fate, will hold every reader spellbound. With a mastery matching that of Phyllis Whitney and Dorothy Eden, Anne Worboys has woven an exciting thriller, a compelling story filled with suspense and danger.

[from inner dj flap] When her father and stepmother, Antonia, are killed in a road accident, part of Suzanne Cole's legacy is a mystery which has its roots in the aftermath of the bloody Spanish Civil War over twenty years ago. Antonia, she learned, had been married briefly to Carlos, the heir to the de Merito title and the magnificent castle El Regalo del Rey. But then, Carlos, the idealistic revolutionary, disappeared and Antonia, wanting the best for their small son, left the child with the de Merito family and returned to England, assuming her husband had been killed.

When Suzanne first arrives in Toledo, the chances of solving the mystery of Antonia's past seem remote, but as suspicions and dangers close in on her, she realizes that not only does the austere Count de Merito have something to hide, but that someone is prepared to go to any lengths to prevent her from finding Anonia's son.

EVERY MAN A KING is a compelling romantic thriller, set against the backdrop of the rugged Sierra Nevadas in the last years of Franco's reign.