Cry Wolf
Marjorie Carleton
About the book Here is a novel with tense atmosphere and ominous undercurrents—a breathless story that moves from uncertainty through suspense to sheer terror. Mark Caldwell sat at the far end of the room, somewhat annoyed, obviously forbidding, and definitely puzzled. Sandra Marshall moved swiftly over the deep soft carpet. “My married name is Mrs. James Caldwell Demarest,” she said. “I am your nephew's widow.” With that bombshell, Sandra made her entrance to Willow Miles. Jim's ancestral home. She arrived in time for his funeral, and from the moment she set foot in the gloomy mansion she sensed disturbing undercurrents—forewarnings of an ever-rising tide of suspicion and fear. There was Julie. Jim's lovely mercurial sister, virtually a prisoner of her uncle, Mark Caldwell. There was Marta, ostensibly housekeeper, hut more nearly a warden who rarely let Julie out of her sight. And. finally, there was Mark himself. a darkly handsome man of such charm and ease of manner that Sandra was nearly put off guard. . . . Mrs. Carleton has mixed an ominous situation with plausibility, added a dash of bitters, and the result is guaranteed to chill the marrow of your bones. About the author There seems to be no end to Mrs. Carleton ’s accomplishments. To begin with, at the age of eleven, she had a short story published — an impetus that has kept her writing in spite of eight brothers and sisters, college, marriage, and the bringing up of a son. Besides short stories and radio…
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery and detective
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Pulp mystery
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Internet Archive