Midsummer Masque

ROWEN A MANVILLE WAS DESPERATELY IN SEARCH OF A NEW LIFE....In a matter of months she had been orphaned and left penniless. Now destitute and alone, she came to the old mansion — Gryphons — to fill the post of companion to the elderly Mrs. dune, mistress of the estate.It seemed the only road open to Rowena. The position meant a new home and a new family. Maybe even a little happiness.But Gryphons quickly showed itself as something other than gracious and charming. There was something sinister trapped in the house. A mysterious tension and foreboding that made Rowena feel like an intruder.Then, one day. Mrs. Clune was found dead — murdered. Rowena no longer was an intruder. She was part of Gryphons' secret. And for her there seemed no escape.