The Onlooker — Sheila Bishop

RACHEL BRENT HAD NO INTENTION OF BECOMING OTHER THAN AN ONLOOKER WITH A DETACHED VIEW OF THE PLAYERS -- BUT SUDDENLY SHE FOUND HERSELF BEING MANEUVERED INTO A DANGEROUS GAME.

At La Fontana, remembered ghosts were bound by strong roots: Frederick Armin, Romantic Revival poet had been mysteriously murdered 150 years ago, and now creeping between the lines of a dead governess's letters were new clues to his murder which Rachel was stubbornly investigating. But thwarting her efforts were real players in a strange charade: Ford Armin, Frederick's great-great-grandson, his beautiful mistress, and her cuckolded husband.

When a nocturnal prowler joined forces with the dead, Rachel discovered her role as a spectator had come to an end...