Strange Secrets — Virginia Coffman

Was the man she loved possessed by an evil which would doom them both . . .?

Rumors Of Terror . . .

It started before lovely newlywed Claudia Helsing even set foot in Shower Tree, the sinister mansion on the cliff hat was to be her home. First there were the whispers about the fate of other women in her husband's life, hints of unnatural death and strange misfortunes. Then, the reporters, throwing questions at her she couldn't understand, but which seemed to imply that Steve Helsing, the strong, handsome man she had married after a whirlwind courtship, was some kind of Bluebeard and Shower Tree was a house of doom.

Perhaps that was when she began to doubt, to wonder about Steve's past, the people in it, and the tragedies concealed there. But by then it was already too late. For from the moment Claudia said “I do,” her destiny and sealed, and she had taken the first step down the nightmare path of her future. . . .

Also published as: The Secret of Shower Tree