The plot quickly spins into political intrigue involving the Russians's attempts to get Anatoly back; even Svetlana, Anatoly's estranged wife, has been flown into Budapest to pressure him indirectly.

The role in the 1865 version is a nasty vocal hybrid, but she does beautifully with the later style, sounding quite suitably apprehensive at the start of 'La luce langue,' as the plot spins.

The sinister plot spins into far more disturbing territory, especially after some ministers get involved.

He is not the sort of novelist who will tell you that his characters rule their own lives, that his plots spin themselves or that his ideas bubble up from some subconscious level that he barely understands.

As a narrator, Beatrice is funny and sympathetic; her voice keeps you alert even when the plot is merely spinning its wheels.

Booklist wrote that the plot for The Light was "baldly laid out rather than elegantly spun" but that "readers will find themselves racing through this thriller".

The plot spins around Syria's revolutions and political surrounding in the late 1940-50s while illustrating a beautiful love story that ends dramatically in that era.

The plot spins endlessly but few people are going to have the stamina to remain interested in the final turns.

The protagonist is a Naval intelligence officer named James Martel and the plot spins on how history might have been different if Germany had not declared war on the United States.

The plot soon spins into blackmail, bad faith and treachery; and a terrible crime is about to be committed.