Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting,in mourning for her two sons lost in the Second World War. Long afterwards a stranger arrives at Belting,claiming to be the missing David Wainwright - who was not killed after all,but held captive for years in a Russian prison camp. With Lady Wainwright's health fading,her inheritance is at stake,and the family is torn apart by doubts over its mysterious long-lost son. Belting is shadowed by suspicion and intrigue - and then the first body is found. This atmospheric novel of family secrets,first published in 1964,is by a winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger.
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Publisher: British Library PublishingISBN: 9780712352321Dimensions: 190 x 130 mm
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Cleverly told...brilliant character work and plotting up to the usual Symons standard. - Observer
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