Griffin Towers — Joan Winslow

Young, beautiful, and alone in the world, Lois Wade was condemned to live with distant relatives in a shadow-ridden old Gothic fortress that, like the mythical half bird-half beast for which it was named seemed to fold its dark wings over unspeakable horrors.

Soon after her arrival in the eerie, half-shuttered mansion, Lois stumbled on a terrible secret, and, in the moment she innocently mentioned it aloud, she knew her life was in danger. But there was no one to turn to for help, for on one believed her -- not even Phil, who loved her, or Jim, who she loved.

But someone did believe her, and was ready to kill to keep a secret too horrible to contemplate…the secret of GRIFFIN TOWERS