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Caroline Fraser returns to the West Country to recuperate at her sister Fenella’s house after a hospital stay. What begins as a peaceful convalescence quickly deepens into tension and danger. Fenella’s husband, unpredictable and reckless, brings a volatile energy that spirals into violence and murder, forcing Caroline to confront unsettling family dynamics and a mystery that threatens to unravel their lives.
First publish date: 1975
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Elizabeth Ferrars
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