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The Stalking Terror
THE PURRING TERROR...
Amanda Bishop's aunt had vanished. She had last been seen in the company of a sinister man who was probably a murderer. But the trail was cold-and Amanda had no idea where to begin her desperate search...
Then the web of mystery became more intricate—and more soul-chilling. Aunt Judith had left a will—perhaps the strangest and most inexplicable will of all time. There were many people who might profit from Aunt Judith's death...many shadowy figures lurking in the background.
AND THERE WAS THE CAT
The cat that seemed, superficially, to be a cute, cuddly pet. But the cat that might have been the agent of many deaths, if not the actual killer itself. The cat that seemed to be everywhere Amanda turned, waiting for her, spying on her, purring gently even as it plotted her own death.
Amanda Bishop's aunt had vanished. She had last been seen in the company of a sinister man who was probably a murderer. But the trail was cold-and Amanda had no idea where to begin her desperate search...
Then the web of mystery became more intricate—and more soul-chilling. Aunt Judith had left a will—perhaps the strangest and most inexplicable will of all time. There were many people who might profit from Aunt Judith's death...many shadowy figures lurking in the background.
AND THERE WAS THE CAT
The cat that seemed, superficially, to be a cute, cuddly pet. But the cat that might have been the agent of many deaths, if not the actual killer itself. The cat that seemed to be everywhere Amanda turned, waiting for her, spying on her, purring gently even as it plotted her own death.
- GenresGothicGothic Romance
264 pages, Textbook Binding
First published February 1, 1977
About the author
Virginia Coffman
90 books44 followersVirginia Edith Coffman aka Jeanne Duval, Diana Saunders, Victor Cross, Ann Stanfield, Virginia C. Du Vaul, Kay Cameron.
A native of San Francisco, Coffman contributed movie reviews to the Oakland Tribune from 1933-40. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1938 and was a movie and television script writer for Columbia, RKO, and other Hollywood studios in her early writing career (1944-56). She had her first success with writing novels in 1959, when Crown Publishing decided to take a chance on Moura, and the novel was showcased by Library Journal. By the 1980s, Coffman was recognized as "the author largely responsible for setting off the Gothics craze of the 1960s, "earning her the reputation of "Queen of the Gothics."1
She quit her day job in Reno and became a full-time writer in 1965. While historical romance novels seldom find their way into the literary canon, Coffman, who was both prolific and dedicated, took her writing seriously. Her research for historical fiction was meticulous. She also drew upon personal experience as a world traveler when setting some of her novels in Hawaii, Paris, and other romantic locales. Several of her historical romances and gothic mystery novels were translated into other languages, and many have been published in large print and audio editions.
She was recognized by Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who in the West. She was a member of the Authors League of America and the Mystery Writers Guild of America. The Reno Gazette-Journal featured Virginia Coffman and her sister in a biographical story on April 4, 2002. In 2003, she donated a collection of her gothic mystery and historical romance novels to the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries.
A native of San Francisco, Coffman contributed movie reviews to the Oakland Tribune from 1933-40. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1938 and was a movie and television script writer for Columbia, RKO, and other Hollywood studios in her early writing career (1944-56). She had her first success with writing novels in 1959, when Crown Publishing decided to take a chance on Moura, and the novel was showcased by Library Journal. By the 1980s, Coffman was recognized as "the author largely responsible for setting off the Gothics craze of the 1960s, "earning her the reputation of "Queen of the Gothics."1
She quit her day job in Reno and became a full-time writer in 1965. While historical romance novels seldom find their way into the literary canon, Coffman, who was both prolific and dedicated, took her writing seriously. Her research for historical fiction was meticulous. She also drew upon personal experience as a world traveler when setting some of her novels in Hawaii, Paris, and other romantic locales. Several of her historical romances and gothic mystery novels were translated into other languages, and many have been published in large print and audio editions.
She was recognized by Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who in the West. She was a member of the Authors League of America and the Mystery Writers Guild of America. The Reno Gazette-Journal featured Virginia Coffman and her sister in a biographical story on April 4, 2002. In 2003, she donated a collection of her gothic mystery and historical romance novels to the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries.
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