Peril at Polvellyn — Marjorie McEvoy

THEY ALL LIVED IN FEAR

When Lavinia joined the household at Polvellyn, she was fleeing the prospect of an unhappy marriage. She had no idea of the unhappiness that dwelled among the Treleaven family, in that bleak Cornish tin mining country.

The fragile Lady Alys, her proud son Perran, her two very young daughters--they constantly battled with Lady Alys's second husband, Justinian Rowse. When Justinian returned from a journey to Peru--he returned a changed man. Now he treated his family and miners alike: with equal cruelty.

But in spite of the perilous surroundings, Lavinia found not only a family to love--but true love. And in doing so, she aroused the wrath of a murderer.