Suspense

by Isabel Ostrander

Life appears ordinary until the shadows begin to stir. A single unexplained event detonates into a chain of mysteries that refuse to fit together. What begins with whispers soon tightens into paranoia; what looks like accident hides deliberate design. Behind every smile lurks a suggestion of danger. Every comfortable moment carries the echo of betrayal waiting just out of sight. In this twisting tale, nothing can be believed, not even one’s closest companions. Hearts race, suspicion sharpens, and the truth dangles just beyond reach. To uncover it demands a mind sharper than steel—and the courage to face what it reveals.

267 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1918

About the author

Isabel Egenton Ostrander (1883–1924) was a mystery writer of the early twentieth century who used, besides her own name, the pseudonyms Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox, and Douglas Grant. Christopher B. Booth is sometimes (falsely) credited as a pseudonym of hers.

She was born in New York City to Thomas E Ostrander and Harriet Elizabeth Bradbrook. Her Ostrander pedigree goes back to seventeenth century Kingston, New York.

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