Celia Dale

Broschiertes Buch

A Helping Hand

Beschreibung

Josh and Maisie Evans are a seemingly ordinary middle-aged couple on holiday in Italy, where they meet Mrs. Fingal, an elderly woman living unhappily with her niece. Josh and Maisie have a spare room, and everyone might be better off if Mrs. Fingal moved in with them instead. After all, they're always glad to lend a helping hand. Especially to a lonely and wealthy old lady . . . First published in 1966, Celia Dale's A Helping Hand is a chilling work of psychological terror that explores the true evil that often lurks just behind a respectable façade. 'The accuracy, understanding and quiet wit of Jane Austen - plus murder.' - H. R. F. Keating 'Quiet, clever, subtle - and terrifying.' - Ruth Rendell 'Celia Dale has created an established corner in tales of domestic terror.' - Daily Telegraph

Autor

Celia Dale was born in 1912 to parents who were both on the stage. She was once a secretary to Rumer Godden, and also worked as a publisher's advisor and a book reviewer. Her first novel, The Least of These, was published in 1943, and she went on to write twelve others. She won the 1986 Crime Writer's Association Veuve Cliquot Short Story Award for 'Lines of Communication', which appears in her only short story collection, A Personal Call and Other Stories. She died in 2011.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Valancourt Books
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 195g
• ISBN-13: 9781954321878
• ISBN-10: 1954321872
• Artikelnr.: 67334463