A Voice in the Dark — Claire Lorrimer

A LUSH VILLA HOLDS DARK TERROR

Laura Howard, a pretty English nurse on holiday, stopped suddenly her tour of Italy in Florence, and she had fallen under the spell of the beautiful city. She interrupts her vacation to help the Contessa dell'Alba return home after a sudden illness. Laura is drawn into the family circle as a companion to young Domenico, the contessa's blind son, for whom she feels herself drawn. She befriends the family, but Conte dell'Alba would never consider an foreign girl without title or fortune--even though she loved him enough to die for him. To her horror, she suddenly realises that his life is in danger. Enmeshed in a web of intrigue and confusion, unable to find the source of the threats, Laura despairs of her inability to convince the family of the mortal danger they are in. Finally aware of her love for Domenico, she tries desperately to uncover the mystery but she soon finds out that her own life is in danger too....

A Lush Villa Holds Dark Terror…

Laura Howard interrupts her Italian vacation to become paid companion to the blind young Conte Domenico -- and soon discovers that someone is attempting to murder her employer.

Laura is surrounded by Domenico's jealous and corrupt brother Paolo; Paolo's English wife Helen, who uses drugs; and an old English nanny who seems friendly at first but then assumes a different guise. Laura's suspicions dare from one of these to the next.

Finally Laura discovers the truth -- and with it, the certain knowledge that in order to save Domenico, she may lose her own life!