Quest for Alexis (1973)

by Nancy Buckingham

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Gail Fleming leaves her job in New York and rushes home to England when she hears the shocking news that her invalid aunt's husband, the famous Czech writer Alexis Karel, has disappeared. Then Alexis is spotted in Europe together with her aunt's glamorous nurse. This totally destroys Alexis's credibility as a dedicated anti-communist. Only Gail still believes in him and determines to find Alexis for an explanation. Gothic Romance by Nancy Buckingham; originally published by Dell… (more)

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Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Gail Fleming leaves her job in New York and rushes home to England when she hears the shocking news that her invalid aunt's husband, the famous Czech writer Alexis Karel, has disappeared. Then Alexis is spotted in Europe together with her aunt's glamorous nurse. This totally destroys Alexis's credibility as a dedicated anti-communist. Only Gail still believes in him and determines to find Alexis for an explanation. Gothic Romance by Nancy Buckingham; originally published by Dell

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When Gail Fleming receives the startling news that her uncle, the noted Czech writer Alexis Karel, has vanished from Deer's Leap, his English home, she leaves her job in New York at once and flies across the Atlantic to be with her invalid aunt. But the mystery of Professor Karel's disappearance lures her on. The trail leads her from Majorca to Nice and to the Alps until at last she finds him. Is it the real Alexis Karel or an imposter?

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