MASTERS OF THE HOUSE

Author(s): ROBERT BARNARD

SECONDHAND BOOKS | Crime Fiction

In the late winter of 1979, Leeds housewife Ellen Heenan dies in childbirth - abandoning a guilt-stricken husband to insanity's grasp and leaving four young children to fend for themselves.


 


Thirteen-year-old Matthew and Annie, age twelve, know what the authorities will do if the learn of Father's debilitating madness. A close-knit family will be speedily unravelled, its threads scattered carelessly to the winds. So deception is the only recourse - a fa ade of normalcy that must be carefully constructed to fool prying neighbourhood eyes. And resourceful young Matthew and his sister have the situation well in hand - until a freshly slain corpse turns up beneath the kitchen window . . .


 


'Gripping and satisfying' Chicago Tribune


 


'Subtle and surprising . . . Robert Barnard at his best' San Diego Union-Tribune


 


'A sad, sweet horror of a story . . . the suspense is delicious.' New York Times Book Review

1994. First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine d/w with light bumping to the head of the spine.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780002325165
  • : HarperCollins Canada, Limited
  • : HarperCollins Children's Books
  • : 0.341
  • : June 1994
  • : {"length"=>["22.2"], "width"=>["14.1"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 186
  • : 823.9/14
  • : English
  • : HARDCOVER
  • : ROBERT BARNARD