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OverviewSTAIRWAY TO AN EMPTY ROOM Monica Marshall's sister Biddy has been murdered by her husband. Biddy has a daughter, Winifred, and with the husband on death row, Monica agrees to take charge of her. Winifred is anxious to leave the house where she has been living with Biddy. The house and the woman who runs it seem so unpleasant to Monica. But nothing prepares her for Stevens. He is managing a mountain retreat where Monica takes her new charge for a getaway--she hates him immediately. Strangely enough, Winifred recognizes the couple in another cabin. Soon Monica realizes that there is something very strange going on here. Her brakes fail ... later she almost drowns in the lake. And Stevens is becoming very protective of young Winifred. What do all these people have to do with Biddy's death, and what is really going on here?... TERROR LURKS IN DARKNESS Kitty has the fright of her life one night when she takes what she is told is a short cut and ends up on a dead end street in the rain. And to make matters worse, there is a savage dog outside her car, causing her to wreck the front end trying to avoid it. Fortunately, the owner of the dog appears and calms the dog, then drives her home. But imagine Kitty's shock when she finds out that Sunny, the woman who told her about the short cut, is found dead later that night on the same road, her throat savaged. Of course, everyone hated Sunny, but that doesn't explain her strange death. And now Kitty's roommate, Ardis, has gone missing ... and two of her friends are asking her to lie about what she knows. No wonder inspector Doyle doesn't believe her story--she has no idea what to believe herself! Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dolores Hitchens , Nicholas LitchfieldPublisher: Stark House Press Imprint: Stark House Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.327kg ISBN: 9781944520793ISBN 10: 1944520791 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 28 October 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsIngenious evil ... peril and terror. --Anthony Boucher, New York Times Long Beach writer Dolores Hitchens weaves a smooth, skein of events from there that demonstrates once again she's an old and able hand at writing mysteries. --Independent Press-Telegram Unpredictable and unnerving, this stunning excursion into terror, enlivened by forbidding landscapes and killer hounds, never runs out of steam or takes a wrong turn. --Nicholas Litchfield, from his introduction """Ingenious evil ... peril and terror.""--Anthony Boucher, New York Times ""Long Beach writer Dolores Hitchens weaves a smooth, skein of events from there that demonstrates once again she's an old and able hand at writing mysteries.""--Independent Press-Telegram ""Unpredictable and unnerving, this stunning excursion into terror, enlivened by forbidding landscapes and killer hounds, never runs out of steam or takes a wrong turn.""--Nicholas Litchfield, from his introduction" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |