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Moonflete
Melody Fletcher is eighteen years old when, for the first time, she sees Moonflete, the beautiful house on the Lancashire moors, built by her father Eban Fletcher, for her Chinese mother, Silver Moon.
At Moonflete, Melody meets her uncle, Daniel, a man spoiled by dissipation; her cousin, the arrogant Matthew; the facile Stephen; and the scatterbrained Cherry.
Further down the valley, at Jason Hall, lives the embittered Heather Broome, and her son, Frank, reared as a gentleman upon the charity of the Fletchers.
For Melody, dressed in her mother's clothes, moving through a macabre charade planned by her father, these meetings bring danger and the shadow of past secrets that have twisted many lives.
Lights flicker across the moor and burn brightly in the magnificent rooms of the great house There is stark fear in the eyes turned upon the moonstones that hang coldly about Melody's neck. And hatred stalks through he wide corridors of Moonflete.
At Moonflete, Melody meets her uncle, Daniel, a man spoiled by dissipation; her cousin, the arrogant Matthew; the facile Stephen; and the scatterbrained Cherry.
Further down the valley, at Jason Hall, lives the embittered Heather Broome, and her son, Frank, reared as a gentleman upon the charity of the Fletchers.
For Melody, dressed in her mother's clothes, moving through a macabre charade planned by her father, these meetings bring danger and the shadow of past secrets that have twisted many lives.
Lights flicker across the moor and burn brightly in the magnificent rooms of the great house There is stark fear in the eyes turned upon the moonstones that hang coldly about Melody's neck. And hatred stalks through he wide corridors of Moonflete.
160 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1972
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About the author
Veronica Black
48 books68 followersPseudonym for Maureen Peters
Maureen Peters was born in Caernarvon, Wales, on March 3, 1935, and was married and divorced twice; she has two sons and two daughters. In addition to biographical fiction, historical romances, and mystery novels written under her own name, other noms de plume include Veronica Black, Catherine Darby, Levanah Lloyd, Belinda Grey, Elizabeth Law, Judith Rothman, and Sharon Whitby.
Said Maureen Peters about Sister Joan in an interview, "I chose a nun because they have got a lot of time on their hands. I have friends who are real nuns and they give me information on their lives, but mine’s a bit more unconventional. Every time she goes to a convent, she finds a dead body — Cornwall is littered with them."
Maureen Peters was born in Caernarvon, Wales, on March 3, 1935, and was married and divorced twice; she has two sons and two daughters. In addition to biographical fiction, historical romances, and mystery novels written under her own name, other noms de plume include Veronica Black, Catherine Darby, Levanah Lloyd, Belinda Grey, Elizabeth Law, Judith Rothman, and Sharon Whitby.
Said Maureen Peters about Sister Joan in an interview, "I chose a nun because they have got a lot of time on their hands. I have friends who are real nuns and they give me information on their lives, but mine’s a bit more unconventional. Every time she goes to a convent, she finds a dead body — Cornwall is littered with them."
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