The House By Exmoor Author:Caroline Stafford Rich and beautiful, living in the great TwelveOaks mansion, the Andover sisters seemed to possess all that anyone could hope for. Yet one has been murdered, and the other, an invalid, is possibly the murderer. — When young Alexandra Townsend arrives at TwelveOaks as a companion to the invalid Theresa Andover, she finds the great, broo... more »ding house under a spell of fear and dark passions, and she herself is treated like a dangerous intruder. Dominating the ancient mansion with his terrifying moods -- moods that alternate with fits of tenderness as he becomes more and more ardently attached to Alexandra -- is Sir Richard Wingate, Theresa Andover's widowed brother-in-law.
Caught up in the lives of these two people, Alexandra is made to play an unwilling role in the frightening and tragic drama that relentlessly unfolds -- a role that becomes increasingly hazardous as she begins to unravel the mystery of TwelveOaks and the people in it. « less