Shadows Waiting

by Anne Eliot

Sent to France on an ample budget by the terms of her aunt's will, Jenny Warren had decided she would go to stay at the Chateau de Laurais, meet the young owner, and catalog for herself the art objects he had been sending to her beloved Oliver, back in Boston, to sell in America. Within a few days she realized her role in the chateau was far more complicated. She had been shot at in the woods, her room had been searched, and she had been warned to leave Laurais, or face the consequences. Who was her enemy?

Suspense mounts as Jenny finds herself embroiled in an intrigue of deception, danger, and romance.

Genres: Suspense

279 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Lois Dwight Cole Taylor (1903 – 20 July 1979) was an American editor and children's author. She wrote with her husband Allan Taylor as Allan Dwight. Their most successful novel was Drums in the Forest, first printed in 1936 and up to a 22nd printing in 1970. Most of her own novels were written as Anne Elliot.

Anne Eliot wrote many juvenile books and established herself as an adept creator of romantic suspense with Return to Aylforth.

Anne Eliot was the writing name of Lois Cole, the editor who discovered Margaret Mitchell’s ‘Gone With The Wind’ and Dorothy Dunnett’s ‘Game of Kings’.

Reviews

[dolly · Rating 1 out of 5]

really bad.

[Zora]

main character is, from today's standards, a doormat and fool, so she's impossible to root for

[Christine PNW · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was one of a box of gothic romance paperbacks that I snagged from a UBS for about $.50 a book, which is a quarter less than it sold for in 1969 when it was published. These are formulaic and, generally, more miss than hit.

The most interesting thing about this book is that the author was the editor who discovered Gone With The Wind and The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett.

So, this one was more miss than hit. The plotting was dreary and wholly unrealistic, and the cartoon villainy that is exposed at the end was preposterous.

Here is the cover of my edition:



I like it, but nothing about it says French chateau to me. It looks more like a muggy crypt in Mississippi to me.

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This reminded me of a Mary Stewart novel. It is set in the 1960s at an old chateau in France. The main character is a young woman who is sent to France to do some work and also some traveling financed by an inheritance. There are hidden treasures, mysterious guests. I enjoyed the story and found it a fast read.

[Eric Henderson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Man, SUCH slow going for the first half. More lively in the second half, and few cool little twists. The day I picked this book to read, I said,"yeah, less than 200 pages, consider it read." And then it took me a month.

[Bonnabell Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good