Darkwater

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Synopsis
This classic Gothic romance, hailed by the Boston Globe as &“a gem of its species,&” tells the spine-tingling story of a young woman caught up in an English manor&’s shadowed, violent past—and confronted by the very real dangers that lie within Fanny Davenport has lived at Darkwater ever since she was brought there as a young orphan. She both loves and detests the forbidding English estate on the moors, haunted by the death of its long-ago mistress. When the scream of a bird caught in the chimney pierces the gloom one night, she knows it to be a harbinger of violent things to come. It all begins when Fanny boards a ship to pick up two Chinese children who have been entrusted to her uncle&’s care. But Adam Marsh, the handsome stranger who hands over the sister and brother, may be an imposter. Then the children&’s elderly amah disappears. The reappearance of Adam Marsh only raises more questions. Can Fanny trust him? Is he her only ally against a cunning killer waiting to claim one more life?
Copyright:
1963

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
256 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781480429390
Publisher:
Open Road Media
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Dorothy Eden
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Horror, Romance, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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