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When Patricia Abbott meets Tony Wainwright, heir to the grand Cloisters family estate, she expects romance but finds a world of rumors, hidden affairs, and supernatural whispers. Tony’s secret wife and his rumored debaucheries pull Patricia into a perilous web of deceit, danger, and murder.
First publish date: 1940
Genre: Suspense/Romantic Suspense
Authors: Mary Roberts Rinehart
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