内容简介
DidoTwiteishomefromtheseasandonherwaytoLondonwhenshegetscaughtupinstrangeeventsinSussex.Whiletendingasickmaninafilthycottagelentherbythelocalwisewoman,shehastofoilplotscentredaroundthemanorhouse.Bytheauthorof"TheWolvesofWilloughbyChase".
作者简介
JoanAikenwasborninSussexin1924andcamefromafamilyofwriters.Herfatherwasthenovelistandpoet,ConradAikenandhersister,JaneAikenHodge,writeshistoricalfictionforadults.Beforejoiningthe'familybusiness'herself,Joanhadavarietyofjobs,includingworkingfortheBBC,theUnitedNationsInformationCentreandthenasfeatureseditorforashortstorymagazine.Herfirstchildren'snovel,TheKingdomoftheCavewaspublishedin1960.Sincethenshehaswrittenover100booksforyoungreadersandadultsandhasbeenawardedtheMBEforherservicestoliterature.JoanAikendiedin2004.
