Poe Papers Pa

"A macabre, terrifying thriller."- Library Journal "A nightmare of sex, murder, and madness."- Kirkus Reviews "Told with great power. . . . A stunning achievement."- The Boston Globe "Nancy Zaroulis has a fierce sense of history. . . . A magnificent storyteller."- The Plain Dealer "Fascinating. . . . It would be interesting to see what Alfred Hitchcock would do with this material."- Publishers Weekly A woman with a secret of adulterous love in her past and a still-ravenous desire burning within her; a daughter who has grown to be her mother's rival in voluptuous beauty and rapacious lust; and the young man who comes to their old New England mansion on a scholar's visit-and is willing to do anything in exchange for the forbidden secret they possess-stays to be seduced body and soul.