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Columbella
Phyllis A. Whitney
出版
Open Road Media
, 2017-08-29
主題
Fiction / Romance / Suspense
Fiction / Gothic
Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
ISBN
1504043855
9781504043854
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=kXQtDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
A governess becomes entangled with a dysfunctional and dangerous family in this novel by a
New York Times
–bestselling “
master of suspense” (Mary Higgins Clark).
Finally liberated from her cruel and domineering mother, twenty-eight-year-old schoolteacher Jessica Abbott has accepted a position as governess in Hampden House, a crumbling plantation on the cliffs of St. Croix. Her charge is Leila Drew, the oppressed teenage daughter of a pathologically punishing mother. But the vulnerable girl is not Catherine Drew’s only victim.
For years, Catherine’s desperate husband, King, a man to whom Jessica is irresistibly drawn, has been searching for the means to a safe escape—for himself and Leila—from this ruin of a family. As Jessica becomes further entwined in the violent dynamics of the Drew family, she realizes Catherine’s wretched power may be grounded in a secret that has trapped not only King and Leila, but herself as well.
A recipient of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, Phyllis A. Whitney was hailed by Mary Higgins Clark as “a superb and gifted story teller, and a master of suspense.”
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the author’s estate.