Elinore Denniston

Love Into Dread... It had been years since lovely Lois Fleming had seen the man named Shandy Stowe, years since they had been thrown together in an affair as impossible as it ws unforgettable. -- But now the scene was different, terribly different, as they met face to face in a small Connecticut town that seethed with secret scandal, shame and guilt. It was as if Lois were looking at a stranger--a stranger with hatred in his eyes, bitterness in his mouth, and all the old power to draw her into a vortex of fearful danger and deadly violence...

BEAUTIFUL AND EVIL Janet Grant was a lovely young woman, but she knew she could not compare with her ravishing sister-in-law, Eve. Men were toys in Eve's hands -- among them Janet's brother, who now was imprisoned in a mental asylum, accused of murdering one of Eve's lovers. The crime was sordid, but Janet soon learned the truth was even more shocking as she traced the web of evil Eve had spun. No one was immune to Eve's spell... not Janet's closest relatives... or friends... or even the man Janet loved. And somewhere in the tangle of lust and betrayal a killer waited, poised to strike again...

Season of Evil It all began for Natalie Garrett as an idyllic vacation at her grandfather's estate near the resort of Beach Haven. Summer was over, the tourists had left, the forest and lake were hers to enjoy undisturbed. -- But Natalie had not counted on a handsome stranger named Bill Brown, his life haunted by a terrible crime. Or on the mysterious Swedish count and countess, with their strange links to a nightmare Nazi past. Or on the horror that opened up before her terror-bright eyes as she stumbled upon a secret it was death to discover, and trembled in the arms of a lover she could neither trust or resist...

Locked away. To an outsider, Hampton Farms Sanitarium looked like a pleasant resort hotel, but beautiful Lynn Reynolds was no outsider. She was a patient in this exclusive and expensive asylum, watched over every moment, forbidden contact with her loved ones. And her memory of the past was locked away as surely as she was. Who had put her here? Who would help her escape? Dr. Thomas Matthews, who ran Hampton Farms and seemed so kindly and understanding? Young and arrogant Dr. Julian Rust, who clearly had no use for Lynn? The nurse, Mary Taylor, a lovely woman haunted by a secret torment of her own? Then the slayings began, and suddenly, Lynn not only had to prove she was sane, but that she was not a murderess.

Home Sweet Homicide When lovely young Theresa Graham wed Clifford Hardin, she didn't realize she was marrying his family as well. But their honeymoon visit to the Hardin home proved otherwise, and Theresa felt family ties tightening into a stranglehold. There was mother Hardin, so sweet, so evil...brother Sam, his genius twisted by a secret torment...sister Judy, whose ravishing beauty could not conceal her terror.... Then suddenly, there was murder, and Theresa had no place to hide, no one to trust, and only a dangerous intruder offering help.

Silken Snares Freed suddenly from a cloistered existence by the death of a domineering mother, Hiram Potter embarked on a new life filled with excitement, fueled by wealth, and marked with hidden dangers. There was Deborah, his cousin who exerted a strange and powerful hold on him... Patricia, the socialite whose beauty was matched by her cruelty... Opal, the free spirit who introduced him into a forbidden world.. and Jennie, whose terror drew Hiram into a whirlpool of murder and that promised to drown him.

A Millionaire's Revenge When Mary Ann Rutherford eloped with an unknown antique dealer, all the world wondered. An when the beautiful heiress killed herself three months later, all the world mourned--and blamed Jimmy, the shy, bewildered husband. Soon the Rutherford empired unleashed its forces to discredit and destroy him. Only Jimmy's sister, Jennifer could hope to save him. Only she could slip inside the Rutherford fortress and discover why Mary Ann had been so terrifed of her father--and what dreadful secret he thought Jimmy knew. What she found was a powder keg of blackmail, corruption, and terror ready to explode...and take Jennifer's life with it.

The handsome young man whose body was found in the Manhattan motel room had been murdered. He registered as Carl Lamb and wife, but Mrs. Lamb has vanished. His car is gone and so is his billfold, which according to the night clerk had been bulging with hundred dollar bills. A New York model said he was Chester Loring, her husband of seven months. Then John Toyman, a toy manufacture, identified him as his salesman Christopher Lansing, who the year before had married to Jane Forsyth of East Hampton and Palm Beach. Jane heard the devastating news from her cousin Mike Heald. At first she couldn't believe that her devoted, ardent Chris had a criminal record and another wife. Her rich uncle had been dead set against her marriage, but Jane refused to listen to him. And she had been happy in the shabby little apartment as long as Chris was with her. Now she had to find out for herself who and what her husband had been. Warned not to interfere, she plunges recklessly ahead into terrifying danger. Neither Mike nor the police can protect her until they find the motel murderer. There is an old proverb, “Every door has a slippery step,” but would such a clever killer make a slip in time?

Each of the three young men in the framed photograph belonging to Alan Drummond was to play a role for good or evil in Kate Forbes' life. Multimillionaire Fillmore Hatfield III would die, the victim of a brutal, senseless murder only hours after he told her about receiving mysterious death threats. Tommy Eakins, an irresistible playboy, would give her reason to mistrust him even as she felt herself succumbing to his practiced charms. And Allan himself, a kindly sensible family friend, with the best intentions in the world would draw her into danger.

After three years in Europe, Maggie Barclay had come home to the house where her parents had died of a freak accident, only to be faced with a vicious campaign to scare her away from the small Connecticut village. Was the culprit the handsome neighbor who was an invalid or the curiously helpful, well-educated Dale Curtis--a stranger in the village?

Love Was Not Enough Winifred needed love more than most people. Her mother was dead, her father was busy piling million upon million, and Winifred was left to grow up the best she could in a world of wealth, privilege, and loneliness. At last Winifred found the happiness she sought -- in the person of her new husband. The ache and agony of her years of restless searching seemed over -- until her father died. Suddenly Winifred was richer than her most terrifying nightmares. For, as a chain of diabolically cunning deaths moved ever closer to her, Winifred discovered there was no one she could trust -- especially not the man she loved…

FRIENDS TO THE BLOODY END. They called themselves the Inseparables. Three young women. One rich. One ambitious. One talented. All so close… until they came together in a brownstone house that only one of them owned… until they fell for a man that only one could have… until one by one they died until only one was left. A girl engaged to a man she did not love, in love with a man she couldn't trust, and alone to face a murderer who wanted her to join her dear friends in the grave…The rent was low and life was cheap in THE BROWNSTONE HOUSE

The story of a girl wrongly suspected of a murder. She is a music student in New York. She goes out to Arizona and her friends go with her to help protect her. Gothic mystery. From the back of the book:The first discordant note is struck when pretty young musical student Bridget Evans stumbles upon the strangled corpse of a wealthy benefactor, Liz Conway. The theme of terror deepens when no one believes Bridget's story about the mysterious man she saw leaving the scene of the crime. Soon even the lyric strain of love is poisoned by suspicion as Bridget discovers the charming young man who has unexpectedly appeared in her life is not who he claims to be. The chorus of deception and danger around Bridget rises to a deafening pitch---until her beautiful voice becomes a desperate scream...

After being jilted by her fiancee in Idaho, our heroine, Mary Turner, moves to downtown New York City to rebuild her life. In New York, Mary works in a bookstore where she befriends an older gentlemen customer, Charles Sheridan, who runs a nearby antique store. They develop a platonic friendship and begin having evening drinks and long conversations at his apartment. He deeds her a country cottage and changes his will to provide her a monthly income after his death. Tragically, he is murdered shortly after and Mary becomes a prime suspect in his death. Will Mary be charged for a crime she didn't commit? Can she find the clues that support her innocence? Is the murderer planning to kill Mary too? And, of course, will she find love with a fellow suspect in the Big Apple?