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Robert Barnard
Masters of the House
Series: Crime / Mysteries
The death of Ellen Heenan in childbirth wasn't a complete shock. Her doctor had warned her of the danger, and although her older children had half expected it, they could never have predicted that her death would drive their father over the brink into madness. Nor could they have known that this would force them into the first steps in a dangerous game - a game where his madness must be hidden at all costs.
At first their efforts succeed beyond all expectation and his descent into insanity is interpreted as desperate grief. But before long the prying begins, and the children fear the scrutiny of Carmen O'Keefe, who seems to have her own special reasons for wanting to penetrate through the smoke-screen the children have set up around their father. As her attentions become more aggressive and insistent, they begin to wonder whether they have grasped the full circumstances behind their father's madness. Especially when they find a body...
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