House of Bells

A woman goes undercover to learn the secrets of a haunted house in this ';page turner full of mystery and horror' from the Derleth Awardwinning author (Kirkus Reviews). She might be a swinging sixties party girl, but Grace Harley's life is far from easy. Having been implicated in a government scandal, she jumps at the chance to disappear from London and take on a new identityif only for a little while. Newspaper editor (and Grace's former lover) Tony Fledgwood has offered her an assignment investigating the great house formerly known as D'Esperance. Once a World War II army hospital, D'Esperance is now home to a mysterious hippie commune. Going undercover to join the group, Grace must discover their secrets... and find out what happened to the last journalist who was sent there. But the bells of D'Esperance have a disturbing effect on Grace, and a series of increasingly menacing incidents threaten to not only reveal her predecessor's fate, but doom her to it.

A haunting tale of terror from a master of the genre. - When she is offered an undercover assignment by newspaper editor (and her former lover) Tony Fledgwood, professional party girl Grace Harley jumps at the chance to disappear from London and escape the scandal that threatens to engulf her. Her mission at the great house formerly known as D’Esperance is find out what goes on within this so-called commune and what happened to the journalist originally sent to investigate, who has disappeared without trace. But it’s not long before Grace experiences a series of strange and increasingly menacing incidents . . .