The Leavetaking

by Gilbert

Comes a Dark Stranger...Charming, picturesque Emberside Grange--where Isobel Penrose shared an idyllic life with her widowed father and Lydia, her vivacious older cousin. Then one day a tall, dark stranger invaded their lives. He called himself Simeon Graw. There was something disturbing about the gifted portrait artist in the flowing ebony cape. He seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, accompanied by a silent woman clad in black. Disturbing--and frightening. Suddenly Emberside became a place of terrifying night shadows. Lydia had vanished and Isobel, setting out in search of her, was propelled down a twisted road menaced by cloaked desires and sudden death--only to come full circle at Emberside, where she would discover the most shattering truth of all.

Genres: Gothic

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story . Isobel lives a charmed life with her Father and a distant relative Lydia. She is very close to Lydia. When an artist and his wife arrive at the estate. It changes everything. Lydia goes missing . Isobel wants to know why and where she has gone . This has good mystery and a couple of twists.

[Melinda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Creepy and occultish, not my thing.

[Angel Graham · Rating 1 out of 5]

I tried reading, but nothing ever made sense. Very boring and forgettable.

[Kathy Barter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

This story was interesting and I loved the ending. A young girl, a widowed father, a young woman who was sent away, a mystery.