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Jade Princess
A BROODING EXOTIC MANSION
A FLOOD-TIDE OF CONFLICT AND PASSION
A TERRIFYING SAGA OF LOVE AND EVIL
From smoggy, modern London to the ancient, winding streets of Hong Kong, this novel reaches across oceans and continents in a thunderous tale of terror, danger, passion, and lurking mystery. It begins as lovely young Enid Branch arrives in Hong Kong to settle her dead sister Madge's estate...and ignites into a fire-storm of human emotion in the dark halls of Porter House, the mansion to which Madge was brought as a young bride by wealthy merchant Stephen Porter.
And then Enid discovers the Jade Princess-first as a ghostly legend, then as a horrifying, life-threatening fact! To unravel this hideous generation-old riddle...to discover for herself the dark secret of Madge's death...and to plumb the air of mystery surrounding handsome Charles Milano-suddenly Enid is plunged into a maelstrom of terror, love, jealousy, and hate-an atmosphere of stark terror created by the hideous curse of the JADE PRINCESS!
A FLOOD-TIDE OF CONFLICT AND PASSION
A TERRIFYING SAGA OF LOVE AND EVIL
From smoggy, modern London to the ancient, winding streets of Hong Kong, this novel reaches across oceans and continents in a thunderous tale of terror, danger, passion, and lurking mystery. It begins as lovely young Enid Branch arrives in Hong Kong to settle her dead sister Madge's estate...and ignites into a fire-storm of human emotion in the dark halls of Porter House, the mansion to which Madge was brought as a young bride by wealthy merchant Stephen Porter.
And then Enid discovers the Jade Princess-first as a ghostly legend, then as a horrifying, life-threatening fact! To unravel this hideous generation-old riddle...to discover for herself the dark secret of Madge's death...and to plumb the air of mystery surrounding handsome Charles Milano-suddenly Enid is plunged into a maelstrom of terror, love, jealousy, and hate-an atmosphere of stark terror created by the hideous curse of the JADE PRINCESS!
332 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1977
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Clarissa Ross
71 books9 followersWilliam 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).
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April 30, 2015
Eh, it's not the worst Ross I've read. But it's slow as molasses & the setting (contemporary Hong Kong) turns me off. I'm fine with Oriental settings in historical novels, but if I want modern Asia I'll watch a Steven Seagal movie.
I do think Ross attempted to edit himself in this particular book (or maybe he just had a really determined sponsor at Pyramid :P), because the prose feels a bit cleaner than his sloppiest efforts, though the overly-descriptive dialogue tags are still there. But it lacks both the goofy entertainment of his rippers & the more contained plot of his short gothics. There's a lot of repetition in the MC's thoughts & very little story movement to offset it.
...In short, it's boring. *shrug*
I do think Ross attempted to edit himself in this particular book (or maybe he just had a really determined sponsor at Pyramid :P), because the prose feels a bit cleaner than his sloppiest efforts, though the overly-descriptive dialogue tags are still there. But it lacks both the goofy entertainment of his rippers & the more contained plot of his short gothics. There's a lot of repetition in the MC's thoughts & very little story movement to offset it.
...In short, it's boring. *shrug*
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