The Inheritance by Daoma Winstonpublished by Avon Books
Copyright 1972
She was the heiress to
a chilling legacy -
a time of terror,
torment, and death
When Mary Ellen and her six relatives chose to live
in the bleak New England mansion they inherited,
a series of bizarre and baffling events occurred.
Soon, one by one, her relatives were mysteriously
killed. And slowly, Mary Ellen began to feel that
she had inherited something she never guessed -
something creeping up on her out of a maelstrom
of fear and trembling!
I'm going to go out on a limb and say stress. I think stress is killing her relatives. I can't imagine the expense of maintaining a house of that size, not to mention the amount of property taxes involved. Good lord. I'm stressed out about my own house expenses and my place is only about ... um ... well it's just a little smaller than her place, so I should know.
What a great cover. If I was ever to run from a house I would definitely wear a cape. And, if at all possible, a dress that matched the place. In fact I think I may take this book into my next hair appointment and ask Whitney to give me "the trembling heiress". I think this is a beautiful cover. Awesome!
i usually prefer maelstrom of death, but fear/trembling will do, i suppose.
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" ... she had inherited something she never guessed -
ReplyDeletesomething creeping up on her out of a maelstrom
of fear and trembling!"
Hmm ... Sounds like she might have inherited one of the Great Old Ones.
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That there is another McGinnis. He did relatively few Gothics -- I've got about five or six in my collection -- but they're all gorgeous. He also did the covers (and interiors) for two Reader's Digest omnibus volumes -- GOTHIC TREASURE TROVE and SIX GOTHIC TALES.
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