Midsummer Masque — Jill Tattersall

ROWENA MANVILLE WAS DESPERATELY IN SEARCH OF A NEW LIFE...

In a matter of months she had been orphaned and left penniless. Now destitute and alone, she came to the old mansion -- Gryphons -- to fill the post of companion to the elderly Mrs Clune, mistress of the estate.

It seemed the only road open to Rowena. The position meant a new home and a new family. Maybe even a little happiness.

But Gryphons quickly showed itself as something other than gracious and charming. There was something sinister trapped in the house. A mysterious tension and foreboding that made Rowena feel like an intruder.

Then, one day, Mrs Clune was found dead -- murdered. Rowena no longer was an intruder. She was part of Gryphon's secret. And for her there seemed no escape.