The Late Contessa Author:Dorothy Fletcher High in the hills of Florence was the beautiful old Villa Paradiso-rambling, large, of rough stone smothered in vines-home of Barbara Loomis's late great-aunt, the Contessa Mercedes d'Albiensi. Her imagination stirred by an unexpected bequest, Barbara felt compelled to visit the villa, and there she was warmly greeted by Mrs. Wadley, her great-a... more »unt's companion, by the handsome Gianni Monteverdi and his small neice Eleanora, by the Principe and Principessa Monteverdi...
But did they really want her there?
Death haunted the villa. A dog died, wantonly poisoned. The Barbara became terribly ill. Was it possible, she wondered, that her great-aunt's death was not an accident? And could it be that someone was trying to murder her, too...?« less