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Books : Mystery & Thrillers : Authors, A-Z : ( H ) : Holt, Victoria
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"A mesmerizing story of blackmail, romance, and deception."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Drusilla Delaney, the daughter of an impoverished minister, becomes fascinated with the wealthy Framling family--especially with the son and daughter, the mysterious Fabian, and the beautiful, impetuous Lavinia. Through them, she finds herself the unlikely heir to an extraordinary bejeweled fan made of peacock feathers. But though priceless and dazzling to behold, the fan bears a curse that promises ill fortune--and even death--to whoever possesses it....
"Enthralling."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
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Davina Glentyre's happy young life in Edinburgh was shattered by her mother's death and made even more unbearable by her father's sudden marriage to her new governess. Her one joy was her friendship with a poor but charming student, Jamie, whom her father forbade her to wed. When her father suddenly died from arsenic poisoning, the means, motive, and opportunity all pointed to Davina herself. Alone, she escaped to the colonies in Africa. But with the Boer War came danger and the return of dark secrets from the past that threatened her reputation and her very life . . .
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"It is quite possible that [this] is her most thrilling and compelling novel to date."
RAVE REVIEWS
As long as she can remember, the exquisite Lenore Cleremont has lived at The Silk House, the luxurious English country estate of the wealthy Sallonger family. Neither a slave nor a servant, she has grown into a young woman who has shown promise as a dress designer. But she has also won the heart of the two charismatic Sallonger sons. Then tragedy strikes. And Lenore finds herself playing a central role in a drama that threatens to destroy everything she holds dear....
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Favel Farington knew very little about her new husband. When they met in Capri, the dashing young heir to Pendorric had swept the lovely English girl into marriage with the sudden fierceness of a summer storm.
It was all wonderfully exciting, until Favel discovered that someone was planning a very special place for her in the family -- in the crypt with the other legendary "brides of Pendorric" who had all died so mysteriously, so tragically, and so young.
Suddenly the words "till death do us part" took on a new and ominous meaning....
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Kirkland Revels loomed high above the wild and eerie Yorkshire moors like a brooding stone fortress. To some there was an atmosphere of evil about the place, but to innocent young bride Catherine Rockwell, the mansion seemed magnificently romantic. She did not know then of the terrible secrets imprisoned behind its massive walls. Or that at the moment she had entered her new home, she had crossed the threshold of terror . . .
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"An Alfred Hitchcock-like amalgam of love, hate and suspense" ---Pittsburgh Press
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For Harriet Delvaney, the great house of Menfreya, standing like a fortress on the Cornish coast, had always been a citadel of happiness and high spirits. Not until she herself came to Menfreya as a bride did Harriet discover the secret family legend of infidelity, jealousy and murder. And not until the legend seemed to come dangerously to life did Harriet begin to believe the old story that when the tower clock of Menfreya stopped, someone was about to die . . .
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Dallas Lawson came alone to the legend-haunted chateau, the castle of the notorious Comte de la Talle, deep in the wine country of France. When she set eyes on the handsome Comte, she knew she would never leave willingly. What she didn't know was that she might never leave ...
alive.
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Noelle Tremaston's charmed yet unconventional life as the daughter of the infamous Desiree, darling of the London stage, comes crashing to a halt when her mother takes in a struggling ingenue and disaster strikes. Noelle flees to Paris where, on the eve of World War I, a bizarre twist of fate will lead her into unsolved mysteries -- and the arms of love.
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The Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt, Fawcett Crest Books, Doubleday Company, Fawcett World Library. Paperback 1970 Printing by Fawcett Crest Books. Second Edition. 292 Pages. ISBN 0449014975. EAN 9780449014974. UPC 44901497095X. LCCN 6910947. MPN AFCBM149795C. In English. Special Limited Edition. Summary: A coastline rich in ancient ruins, a family scandal, and forbidden love are buried in the shivering sands. In this gripping new novel of suspense, Victoria Holt again spins her enchanting web of romance and terror. Caroline Verlaine, lovely young widow of a world-famous pianist, comes to the legend-haunted Stacy Estate to investigate the sudden disappearance of her sister, Roma. As Caroline falls under the strange spell of the Stacy Family and its macabre past, she becomes aware that her sister must have discovered some deadly secret among the famous nearby ruins; a secret that probably cost her life, and now threatens herself. Reviews: "The author of Mistress of Mellyn has done it again; her fans will savor every bit of this."--Publisher's Weekly; "If you like romances in the best lady-in-peril tradition, Victoria Holt is the girl for you, this one is carried off in great style and atmosphere."--Detroit Free Press; "Excellent; another heart-pounder which lovers of suspense will heartily approve."--Pittsburgh Press. [Text from Back Cover]
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"AN ALL-STOPS-OUT ROMANCE . . . THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING!"
--Cosmopolitan
The splendor and pomp of the Bavarian kingdom had seemed like a fairy tale to the recently arrived young Englishwoman. Pippa Ewell had left behind dark and forbidding Greystone Manor, and the memories of Conrad, the handsome stranger who had swept her breathlessly into his arms and heart.
But Pippa had come to find the truth behind her sister's mysterious death. And suddenly the fkingdom glittered with evil and danger. It seemed that not even her rekindled romance could save Pippa from the fate that had cruelly claimed her adored sister . . .
"Nobody does it better."
--Library Journal
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Seduced by the power of the strange man called Lynx, Nora soon finds herself very much in love with him. And with his son . . .
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"THE PROLIFIC MISS HOLT COMBINES SUSPENSE AND ROMANCE WITH THE MASTER'S TOUCH."
--Boston Herald
For as long as she could remember, the exquisite Lenore Cleremont had lived at The Silk House, the luxurious English country estate of the wealthy Sallonger family. Neither servant nor true member of the family, she grew up under the protection of her Grand'mere--who worked designing the luxurious gowns for the family's vast silk trade.
Lenore showed promise as a dress designer herself. But most important, she had won the heart of the two charismatic Sallonger sons: Charles, handsome but cruel, and Phillip, as kind-hearted as he was charming.
But tragedy was ready to strike. Soon Lenore found herself playing a central role in a drama that threatened to destroy everything she held dear. . . .
"Victoria Holt [is] the doyenne of romantic suspense fiction."
--The Grand Rapids Press
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