The Family at Tammerton by Margaret Erskinepublished by Ace Books
Copyright 1965
THE FAMILY AT
TAMMERTON
TAMMERTON
"MRS. CRANE IS DEAD. DO NOT SEND NURSE."
At best the telegram was a cruel joke; at
worst a cryptic message warning Louise
Morton to stay away from her new job at
Tammerton Hall.
When Inspector Finch was called to the
sinister old mansion to investigate a
murder, he was not surprised, for he re-
membered the telegram Louise had shown
him on the train to Tammerton, Finch had
an instinct for spotting the first trail shoots of
an evil growth. Now instinct plus
experience were telling him that LOUISE
MORTON WAS NEXT ON THE KILLER'S LIST!
I have no doubt this is a wedding dress. Which tells me that somewhere between the best and the worst cases scenario of that telegram is that the family at Tammerton got wind that their new nurse was off her nut.
Now I'm no stranger to confrontation but even I hate having to fire an employee. So, if it were me, and I found out that my new hire was some sort of Miss Havisham crazy, I might also try and "head her off at the pass" as they say.
The artist is Robert Maguire -- did tons of hardboiled, GGA, Harlequin romances (and a fair number of WRFH) -- there's a nifty book on him, and his daughter runs a great website devoted to his art.
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