The Dark Gondola Author:Virginia Coffman Still mourning for her young husband, widowed Anne Wicklow arrived in Venice during the carnival preceding Lent to assume the duties of housekeeper at the palace of ailing Mrs. Elvira Huddle. — Under Anne's gentle ministrations Mrs. Huddle seemed to be recovering - until a sudden, unaccountable turn for the worse took the old lady's life. Convin... more »ced that her employer was murdered, Anne soon had reason to believe that she herself would be next, that danger lurked beneath the fragile facade of carnival gaiety.« less