A SINISTER OLD MANSION. A WOMAN IN DEADLY PERIL. A SECRET THAT COULD BE KEPT NO LONGER. THE TIMELESS CLASSIC OF ROMANTIC SUSPENSE.
Everyone who thrills to the spell of a Gothic romance will find Always in August in the "hard to put down class" —The Sarasota Tribune.
Lucy Fenwick had always loved Menlo, a beautiful old Southern mansion with a proud past. But when her childhood rival, the ruthless, temptingly beautiful Gloria McGill became its mistress, Menlo became a house of hate and menace. Lucy was determined to get to the bottom of the ominous mystery surrounding the death of Menlo's late owner—but Gloria resented Lucy's probings into the sudden death of her husband. After all, Gloria had always wanted to be mistress of Menlo, and when her husband conveniently died, she ruled at last! What was the truth about the "curious" death of Gloria's husband? To what mad extreme would Gloria go to keep her hold on Menlo?
Risking personal disgrace and a very real threat to her own life and love, Lucy probed the strange events at Menlo to uncover the dread secret hidden behind its facade of elegance and grace. Daring her safety, her own marriage, even her sanity, Lucy pursued her investigation. Her terrifying adventures make Always In August a modern masterpiece of romantic-mystery, worthy of comparison to Rebecca.
"How an emotionally explosive situation developed, how it affected four people, how it ultimately led to tragedy, is skillfully revealed by the author." —The Galveston Daily News
"Always in August will delight the fans of Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt and Daphne du Maurier. And "will keep the reader avid for the next page until the end." —The Wichita Eagle
"Enjoyable reading for those of us who like tales well-told and suspense filled." —The Jackson Sun
