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Product DescriptionAmazon review: This review is from: The Opal-Eyed Fan (Hardcover) The Opal-Eyed Fan is one of my favorite Norton books, though it isn't overly endowed with substance, or is even really fantasy. It's romantic suspense, tinged with a bit of the supernatural. And while it might not be particularly intellectually stimulating, it serves a very necessary function as brain candy. It's set in the Florida Keys, quite awhile back when wreckers-- and pirates-- still roamed the waters. Persis Rooke, accompanying her uncle on a mysterious quest involving an old family scandal and a forgotten will, is shipwrecked on Lost Lady Key. Lost Lady Key is the home of her rescuer, the wrecker Crewe Leverett, his sister Lydia, the remnants of an ancient island race, and (as implied in its name) a ghost. Persis is increasingly drawn into the intrigues of the island's inhabitants. What are Lydia and her handsome beau, pirate Ralph Grillon, planning? What does Ralph Grillon want from Persis? And what is the significance of the strange false fan that keeps turning up in Persis' possession? Perhaps a little conventional, but still great fun. It has its high points; the take on wreckers, who
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- Author
- Norton, Andre
- Publisher
- New York : Dutton, c1977.
- Published
- 1977
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (121 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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