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The Etruscan smile
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Velda Johnston |
The Etruscan underworld goddess held the symbol of life in one hand and the sacrificial knife in the other. To Samantha Develin, the ancient figure seemed sinister, and not just because of its chill,… |
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I came to a castle
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Velda Johnston |
Tempted by thoughts of a vacation in an exotic Spanish locale, governess Dinah Haversham comes to the ancient Castle Estillio as the guest of rich scientist Max Hind and his vapid sister, the Contess… |
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Deveron Hall
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Velda Johnston |
The party was long over when beautiful Lisa Marsden came to Deveron Hall in the Scottish highlands, the party that had seen her Hollywood director father savagely slain, her glamorous actress mother … |
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The girl on the beach
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Velda Johnston |
On a small island off North Carolina's coast, Kate Killigrew helps Martin Donnerly, an innocent paroled felon, find the real murderer of his promiscuous wife Donna Su |
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The stone maiden
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Velda Johnston |
The advertisement, complete with a box number, appeared in New York newspapers: "Will anyone having information about an infant abandoned in Manhattan twenty-eight years ago please communicate?"-- Ka… |
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Fatal affair
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Velda Johnston |
The inheritance of a condominium in New York, along with a considerable amount of money, brings Betty and Jenny Carr from the small town of Carrsville, Missouri, to the glamorous big city. Betty, the… |
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The Frenchman
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Velda Johnston |
Joan escorts the President's widow to France, where they met Paul, a French courier. What they did not know was that Paul had been ordered to kidnap the widow. (cover) |
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The house on Bostwick Square
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Velda Johnston |
It was in the 1880s that Laura Harmon, adopted daughter of a Brooklyn Evangelist, eloped with a young Englishman, Richard Parrington. Richard was handsome, high-spirited, and charming. He was a "remi… |
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Masquerade in Venice
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Velda Johnston |
In an attempt to escape her life in New England, Sara Randall journeys to Venice to stay with her great-aunt |
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The silver dolphin
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Velda Johnston |
Star-crossed lovers on a bitter voyage to the heart of passion, vengeance . . . and murder!
Fiona Scorched by the shame of a villainous lie, she burns to avenge her broken heart . . . as other wo… |
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House above Hollywood
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Velda Johnston |
The Rites of Fear
Weird shadows danced on the walls of the vast, grotesquely ornate living room where Tara Mornette sat motionless on her throne-like chair. Beside her stood her nephew, handsome, … |
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The other Karen
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Velda Johnston |
KIRKUS REVIEW
Comfy, feet-up romantic suspense in two postcard settings--rural Maine and wicked old Manhattan. Orphan Catherine Mayhew is barely surviving in the Big Apple, as a walk-on actress, w… |
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A presence in an empty room
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Velda Johnston |
Susan Hapgood, a shy, quiet girl, cannot believe how lucky she is that rich, attractive Martin Summerslee wants to marry her. After a whirlwind courtship, Susan and Martin are married and head toward… |
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