By Barbara Michaels
A stranger has come to Middleburg, Maryland, a customer from out of the country with a mysterious goal. yet this old fashioned, prosperous group has darkish secrets and techniques of its personal. And while the interloper, Peter Stewart, turns into concerned with the bewitching, seductive ward of famous neighborhood writer Kate extra, the townfolk worry the chilling earlier they're hiding will not be secure. For Middleburg has a colonial background of malevolent sorceries and obscene sacrifice. And while the negative pot is stirred, homicide could be the least of the evils to emerge from the unholy brew.
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A travel brochure, glanced at some years back, which advertised one of the restored Colonial towns of which Americans were so proud. Such places always had an air of selfconsciousness; they were not the result of slow 30 Barbara Michaels natural growth, but of a planned effect, like a set for a film. He caught a few of the signs, noting thankfully that there were no atrocities such as “Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe,” and then the car slid smoothly to a stop in front of a larger, more distinctive, building.
I’ve got a new hunter, name of Sultan; cost me a pretty penny, I can tell you. ” Volz grinned wickedly, and Peter made a mental note to watch out for Sultan’s tricks. ” he asked. “October; we start earlier than you people, I’m told. ” “I just might join you one day. ” 28 Barbara Michaels “Any friend of Sir George’s,” Volz assured him. “You’ll like the other members. ” Peter wondered how he could ascertain the one point he was most interested in. To mention Katharine More by name would be too crude even for Volz.
If he had been ten minutes later he would have missed her. She stood in the doorway which led into the proprietress’s lair, and as Peter entered the lobby he could hear Mrs. Adams’ stentorian tones, though he could not see her. ” He would have known her at once, he told himself, by the pricking of his thumbs. More practically, he had seen the photograph on the back of her book—one of those carefully casual poses, like a snapshot: Dr. More in the yard of her lovely home in Maryland. She hadn’t changed much since the picture was taken.