Mary Stewart's debut novel, originally published in 1955, showcases why she's been a Bas Bleu favorite for decades. Her playful wit, passion for adventure, and well-crafted characters are on glorious display in this suspenseful mystery/charming romance featuring Charity Selborne. A kind and intelligent WWII-widow on vacation in the South of France, Charity befriends a charming teenager and gets swept up in a heart-pounding (and twist-filled) mission to protect him from a murderer from his troubled past.