Stanton Forbes

Doylescourt was a centuries old castle, handed down from generation to generation. And when Mary Owen married Eamon Doyle after a whirlwind courtship, she to was heir to this sprawling estate -- and to its terrible secrets. When a member of the family died a strange and lurid death, Mary was forced to realize she knew very little about her handsome husband. But it wasn't until she understood what lay behind his unexplained absences that frightened suspicion became cold terror. . .and the hidden fury of Doylescourt was unleashed.

Detective Book Club Mystery Anthology Table of Contents: 1) The Case of the Crying Swallow (Perry Mason Mystery Series), 1947, "novelette" by Erle Stanley Gardner (54pgs) 2) The Candy Kid, 1931, short story by Erle Stanley Gardner (33pgs) 3) The Vanishing Corpse, 1931, short story by Erle Stanley Gardner (32pgs) 4) The Affair of the Reluctant Witness, 1949, short story by Erle Stanley Gardner (27pgs) 5) The Foo Dog, 1971, short novel by Tobias Wells (108pgs) 6) Nemesis (Miss Marple Mystery Series #11), 1971, by Agatha Christie (215pgs)

The old lady's death raised questions that her children were not able to answer. Detective Knute Severson finds out the answer a little too late when one of them is sent to the gallows.

A poignant mystery that features detective Knute Severson, who together with his partner try their very best to find out who locked a young boy in an old refrigerator, leaving him to die.

That year's Fourth of July celebration was an event indelibly etched in Ramona's memory; her neighbours were murdered in cold blood. Everyone thought they knew who the killer was, until Ramona makes a gruelling discovery on her own.

She knew her husband and her came from different worlds and believed their steadfast love would see them through. Her husband was fine, but it was his family that she needed to get used to; her brothers-in-law were odd and her mother-in-law was pleasant but somehow never the mother figure she thought she would be. As a visitor in their grand home with a rich history, she was perplexed to find that there were mysteries beckoning behind closed doors - who was the invalid, and why had there been deaths since her arrival? She did not know that she had encountered darkness until the riveting conclusion.