Decommissioned library book Book jacket wrapped in Mylar Laura Conway Saturday Review Press, 1973 - Fiction - 159 pages When Alma Waters reads her son Louis letter, she is more disturbed by a psychic feeling of danger than by the shock of his unexpected marriage. And when her son arrives with his young bride, Marcia, Alma alone sees the dark apparition stepping from the carriage with them. the usually docile Marcia, who promptly wins the hearts of all about her with her strange innocence and loving ways, throws a temper tantrum when Alma discovers the face of the dark presence on a canvas Marcia has been painting. Marcia immediately paints it out, denying vehemently thatit was over there. Stranger mysteries develop when Louis throws a house party for his new wife, unaware that among his guests is the one living person who knows Marcia's secrets. that guest is found dead at the bottom of a stairwell. Again, Alma is the only one to see the dark one - this time lauging at the top of the stairs. Who is the dark one? What has she to do with Marcia, who was raised in total isolation and has only recently been released from a convalescent home? What are the secrets that have led to the death of at least one person and the attempts on the life of another? Marcia.

ISBN: 0841502706