I had detected no sound or movement, but her eyes were open and, as I approached, she fixed them on me with an agonised stare. \' Anne Morice has a gift for creating intelligent, affection-generating characters, set in light and entertaining atmospheres.\' Spectator.
This new edition features an introduction and afterword by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.
But can Tessa find out who before the deadly double strikes again? Scared to Death was originally published in 1977.
Someone is not getting their just deserts.
Could the grim prankster be one of Edna\'s greedy heirs? When the will is finally read, it only raises more questions.
Mortimer\'s terrified eyes and some indecipherable pencil squiggles tell Tessa this is no laughing matter.
But one look at Mrs.
Somebody has played a nasty practical joke on the wealthy dowager.
It begins when the insufferable Edna Mortimer sees her exact double at the races-and is literally Scared stiff. and finds her most challenging role in a masquerade ending in murder. . .
Tessa Crichton, actress wife of Scotland Yard Inspector Robin Price, comes to Storhampton to star in the local drama festival .
I had detected no sound or movement, but her eyes were open and, as I approached, she fixed them on me with an agonised stare
