Cache-Cache

by Amy Marsland

Cache-cache (kash-kash), n, (Fr.) -- a child's game, in which all the players hide but one who seeks out the others; hide-and-seek.

Laura Chabre
has run away,
She won't come out;
afraid to play.

The cutthroat cats
are lying still --
"Come out, little mouse...
for Show and Kill."

211 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Amy Louise Marsland wrote two Doubleday Crime Club novels as Amy Marsland.

She also wrote non-fiction books under the name Amy L. Marsland .

Reviews

[Mesembryanthemum]

From the book blurb: Laura Chabre, an American married to a wealthy Frenchman, has narrowly escaped two nearly fatal accidents. But who is trying to kill her, and why? She carefully plans her escape from her solicitous husband and his hovering chauffeur. Hidden in the French countryside, she calls her host family from long ago to ask for help - a contact - but not François. Definitely not François...

I love this book! It's the perfect combination of suspenseful plot, gutsy heroine, and good writing. Laura's growing suspicions lead her to escape by bicycling across rural France, using her intelligence -- and her former host family's WWII Resistance experience -- to stay a step ahead of her pursuers.