The Third Spectre

by W.E.D. Ross (AKA), Dan Ross

Nancy Marchand had come to live at her husband's ancestral mansion, Marchand acres, after she and Ralph were married. And, as if Ralph's dominating invalid mother weren't enough to contend with, Nancy soon found herself fighting three beautiful blonde women for her husband's love and attention, as he drifted strangely away from her and the happiness they had known in their year of marriage. Then, suddenly, Nancy began to sense that more than her marriage was at stake. Now she was fighting for her life, as someone -- or something -- was warning her that she was the next Marchand to die!

223 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1967

About the author

William Edward Daniel Ross, W. E. Daniel "Dan" Ross (born 1912) is a bestselling Canadian novelist from Saint John, New Brunswick who wrote over 300 books in a variety of genres and under a variety of mostly female pseudonyms such as Laura Frances Brooks, Lydia Colby, Rose Dana, Jan Daniels, Ross Olin, Diane Randall, Clarissa Ross, Leslie Ames, Ruth Dorset, Ann Gilmer, Jane Rossiter, Dan Ross, Dana Ross, Marilyn Ross, Dan Roberts, and W.E.D. Ross. As Marilyn Ross he wrote popular Gothic fiction including a series of novels about the vampire Barnabas Collins based on the American TV series Dark Shadows (1966-71).

Reviews

[Steph S · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although this book is older and quite short I found it a quick, fun read. The characters were not well developed, but I love that I thought I had the poisoner figured out and ended up being entirely wrong.