Author | Ethel Lina White |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Mystery |
Publisher | Ward, Lock & Co. |
Publication date | 1932 |
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Fear Stalks the Village is a 1932 mystery novel by the British writer Ethel Lina White.[1] It was her second novel in the genre, and was published by Ward, Lock & Co.[2] It was later published in the United States by Harper Brothers due to the author's growing reputation.
In an seemingly idyllic English village, the peace is shattered by a series of poison pen letters dredging up long-buried secrets about the various leading inhabitants. This soon has deadly consequences, and Joan Brook working as a paid companion for Lady D'Arcy finds herself in the middle of it.