The End of Temperance Dare: A Novel

ISBN: 1477824111

Author: Webb, Wendy

Condition: New

Haunting and atmospheric, The End of Temperance Dare is another thrilling page-turner from the author reviewers are calling the Queen of the Northern Gothic.When Eleanor Harper becomes the director of a renowned artists retreat, she knows nothing of Cliffside Manors dark past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a waiting room for death. After years of covering murder and violence as a crime reporter, Eleanor hopes that being around artists and writers in this new job will be a peaceful retreat for her as much as for them.But from her first fog-filled moments on the manors grounds, Eleanor is seized by a sense of impending doom and realizes theres more to the institution than its reputation of being a haven for creativity. After the arrival of the new fellows-including the intriguing, handsome photographer Richard Banks-she begins to suspect that her predecessor chose the group with a dangerous purpose in mind. As the chilling mysteries of Cliffside Manor unravel and the eerie sins of the past are exposed, Eleanor must fight to save the fellows-and herself-from sinister forces.