The Gold of Noon

by Essie Summers

"The Gunns never did bring the Keiths anything but sorrow," Theresa Keith acknowledged after she had left her home in New Zealand for Austria, the home of her forebears, in the hope that fresh scenes and new faces would take her mind off Murdoch Gunn, the man she was to have married. She hadn’t wanted to break off her engagement to Murdoch, heavens knows, but it seemed to be what he wanted, and what else could she have done with dignity? So what was Murdoch doing now, following her to her Austrian refuge? Did he want her or didn’t he?

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
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