Grenelle

by Isabelle Holland

A SINISTER MALEVOLENCE WAS SPREADING ACROSS THE GRENELLE CAMPUS .. . AND SOME ONE OR SOME THING WAS DRAGGING SUSAN GRENELLE INTO IT.

Susan had run away from Grenelle and spent the last eleven years trying to forget the hurt and pain she had suffered there. Now circumstances forced her to return.

Everything was different. The sleepy and peaceful school had turned into a hotbed of swelling turmoil. And her former lover, Mark Czernik, was no longer a student. He was chief of the Grenelle police force.

Susan desperately wanted to keep her distance from both the school and the man. But suddenly she had no choice. The violence that erupted on campus threatened her very life. And the man who had once betrayed her seemed to be the only one she could trust....

Genres: Gothic, Fiction, Mystery

268 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Isabelle Christian Holland (born June 16, 1920 in Basel, Switzerland — died February 9, 2002) was an author of children and adult fiction. Her father was the American Consul in Liverpool, England during WWII. She moved to America in 1940 due to the war. She wrote Gothic novels, adult mysteries, romantic thrillers, and many books for children and young adults. She wrote over 50 books in her lifetime, and was still working at the time of her death at age 81 in New York City.

Two of her novels have been made into movies:

Bump in the Night, 1991,
The Man Without a Face, 1993

Both of these novels deal with issues or allegations of pedophilia.

Reviews

[Li · Rating 2 out of 5]

My least favourite of the Holland books I've read to date - probably because the politics that played a key role in this book failed to capture my attention, and there was this claustrophobic defeastist aura around the main characters. Things eventually turned around, though not fast enough. I did like the romance though - the quiet brooding kind always works for me.

[Sep · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book decades ago, and it still pleases me. Ms. Holland's description of campus reminded me of the angst in the sixties and seventies. I also liked it that the heroine managed to make some positive life decisions.

[Debi Emerson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

An older romantic suspense book about the 70's drug culture creeping onto the campus of a small rural Eastern college. Very well written. It grabbed me and I couldn't put it down. Great read