by PhyllisWhitney (Author)
The nights of Sara's childhood had been haunted by dreams of a candlelit figure glimpsed in a mirror but by day she was bright, passionate and indomitable. In spite of her mother's opposition she decides to follow her benefactor's son Ritchie Temple to San Francisco. He had always been the man for her. But Sara could not know about the terrors that were in store for her. For it was in the towering old Varady mansion that she was suddenly to find her childhood nightmare turning into reality and her dreams turned to dust by the terrible secrets from the past.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 28 Jun 2007
ISBN 10: 0340934034
ISBN 13: 9780340934036
Book Overview: The bestselling novel of ghosts, forbidden love, ambition and redemption by the 'American queen of the Gothics' New York Times
Phyllis A. Whitney was born in Japan and spent her childhood there and in China and the Philippines. After her father's death when she was fifteen, she and her mother travelled to America via Honolulu . She was a dancer as well as a writer in the early years and performed for the Red Cross. She became one of the best-known writers of classic suspense in the world, her novels always hitting the top 10 bestseller lists in the US. She was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and received the Agatha Award from Malice Domestic - both awards for lifetime achievement. She will be 103 on September 9th 2006.