Welcome, my dear, to Belfry House

by Stanton Forbes

Bats in the Belfry

The staircase was narrow and they had to go up single file, Cheryl stumbled and he reached back to steady her. At the top was another door.

He turned to knob. The door creaked as it opened. He played his light inside, along the walls, and stepped back involuntarily. Bats. Hundreds of them hanging upside down from the walls, the ceiling. They stirred in the light, moved their wings, emitted little squeaks. One came from the ceiling, began to soar closer and closer, then came another and another. />
Cheryl gave a single shrill scream that split the darkness...

Genres: Gothic

179 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Aka DeLoris Stanton Forbes, Tobias Wells

Stanton Forbes, a.k.a. De Loris S. Forbes, full name Deloris Stanton Forbes (10 July 1923-): American author, broadcaster, newspaper editor, and clothing store owner, resident in French West Indies, no known Web page: * 20 mystery/detective novels * 4 mystery/detective novels under pseudonym Forbes Rydell (co-authored with Helen Rydell) * 15 mystery/detective novels under pseudonym Tobias Wells, with series character Knute Severson

Reviews

[Scott Oliver]

When a young woman finds out that she was adopted she travels to the strange Belfry House to meet her grandmother, the actress Deidre Dunn and the other odd Vaudevillians who live with her

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