An amusing and thought-provoking story as the irrepressible Saskia skirts a murder and postpones her own personal moment of truth. Could her good friend Jill really be capable of killing some one – and if so, why? – and what will Saskia do about it? One might well ask!Could she marry the elegant IGOR of the lapis-blue eyes? What about his aristocratic Russian family? – and meanwhile, who has put their hands on the legendary Kalnikov diamond ring? And how are those magnificent horses involved in all of this? The people Saskia becomes enmeshed with and the dramas which face her, could happen to any of us, anywhere in the world, at any moment, but would we have Saskia's resourcefulness in dealing with them? Readers will surely sympathize with and probably compare themselves to, many characters and events which fill these pages, remembering that they are emblematic of the changing ideals and ideas about women's liberation which emerged in the early nineteen seventies, opening the path to modern mores...Intriguing adventures and experiences with likable, glamorous and vivid characters whose actions and dilemmas will keep us on our toes throughout the fast-paced pages, and gasping to know "What happens next?"A thoroughly satisfying read in true Aark-Bennett style.
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An amusing and thought-provoking story as the irrepressible Saskia skirts a murder and postpones her own personal moment of truth. Could her good friend Jill really be capable of killing some one – and if so, why? – and what will Saskia do about it? One might well ask!Could she marry the elegant IGOR of the lapis-blue eyes? What about his aristocratic Russian family? – and meanwhile, who has put their hands on the legendary Kalnikov diamond ring? And how are those magnificent horses involved in all of this? The people Saskia becomes enmeshed with and the dramas which face her, could happen to any of us, anywhere in the world, at any moment, but would we have Saskia's resourcefulness in dealing with them? Readers will surely sympathize with and probably compare themselves to, many characters and events which fill these pages, remembering that they are emblematic of the changing ideals and ideas about women's liberation which emerged in the early nineteen seventies, opening the path to modern mores...Intriguing adventures and experiences with likable, glamorous and vivid characters whose actions and dilemmas will keep us on our toes throughout the fast-paced pages, and gasping to know "What happens next?"A thoroughly satisfying read in true Aark-Bennett style.