Drifthaven

by Clarissa Ross

A Chilling Performance By An Actor's GhostWhen Jean finally regained consciousness in the hospital, her brother-in-law Ian was at her bedside. He explained that she'd been lying there unconscious for five years as a result of the car crash that had taken her husband Darrel's life.Darrel had been a successful actor, but a temperamental one and a hard drinker. Their marriage had always been a stormy one. Right after she left the hospital, Jean realized that her problems with Darrel were far from over. Her husband's ghost began to make frequent appearances. Jean was soon aware that Darrel intended to kill her. But a spirit surely couldn't do her real physical harm ... or could it?

Genres: Gothic

191 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1974

About the author

William 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).

Reviews

[Adrian Griffiths · Rating 3 out of 5]

An average gothic in which the heroine is haunted by the ghost of her dead husband...or is she just losing her mind? The haunting begins when she wakes up after 5 years in a coma, which is a pointless and slightly unbelievable addition the the plot. The author has a habit of ending chapters with a cliffhanger using lots of exclamation points, as though the book is a TV serial. There are of course many suspects and a possible new romance among them. As an aside, the heroine is described as having long, blonde hair, but the good people at Avon books selected a cover painting showing a heroine with short, black hair

[Nattie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I lost interest in this book but it was still okay. I always read books with tiny words at a slower pace and unfortunately that never bodes well.