Fear Stalks The Village

ETHEL LINA WHITE

Publication: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1942, New York

First U. S. edition. Fine, bright copy in a bright fresh dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends and extremities.

The English author's second crime novel, a "poisoned pen" mystery with gothic overtones, originally published by Ward, Lock & Co. in 1932. "The village in question is a tiny, peaceful, prosperous hamlet, full of contented villagers, The fear is brought about by a series of poison-pen letters that inveitably prove fatal to their recipients. Joan Brook, the young companion to the lady of the manor, is the most likely candidate for the role of penwoman, so she determines to unmask the real culprit" (Bourgeau, p.183).