Lucy Forster's marriage to wealthy young landowner Robert Davenant makes her mistress of Lowthorpe Hall, a gracious country seat in a remote Warwickshire valley. But she soon learns that Lowthorpe harbours a sinister and dangerous secret. Fearful rumours circulate, including the belief that something tangibly evil lurks in a sealed-off grotto beneath the house. Then Silas Markham, the Davenant's clever but devious librarian, is shot dead. And soon afterwards, Lucy makes an appalling discovery that threatens the family with total ruin. Arson and civil riot threaten the peace as Victorian rural detectives Inspector Jackson and Sergeant Bottomley take on the case. As they struggle to restore order and solve Markham's murder, the horrifying truth of the Lowthorpe grotto must finally come to light.
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-0-7090-7862-3 (9780709078623)
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Norman Russell was born in Lancashire but has lived most of his life in Liverpool. After graduating from Jesus College, Oxford, he served a term in the army in Jamaica and the Bahamas. Returning to study for a Diploma in Education, he was later awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He now writes full-time. His previous novel, Web Of Discord, was also published by Hale.
