Secrets

by Katharine Marlowe

Struggling to recover from the trauma of her husband's death, Emma Bellamy was shaken anew when her friends and family began receiving vicious letters signed by her--letters that she swore she hadn't written--letters that revealed horrible truths about the people in her life.

WILLARD --
He'd turned Emma into a bestselling author, but the price he'd exacted almost destroyed her.

JANET --
She'd always accused Emma of stealing her father's affection, and she would stop at nothing to hurt her.

RICHARD --
Although the lawyer found himself hopelessly attracted to Emma, he feared she was going insane.

Terrified by what she might discover, Emma desperately searched for answers to the secrets that haunted her life and threatened everything she loved.

Genres: Mystery

264 pages, Hardcover

First published March 26, 1992

About the author

Pseudonym for Charlotte Vale Allen.

Conventional thinking in publishing has long been that if an author were to publish more than one book a year s/he would be competing with her/himself.

I decided to create Katharine Marlowe for several reasons; the first was that my daughter was starting college and I wanted to generate additional income to cover the costs; the second was that, at that point, I was able without difficulty to write two books in a year.

Ironically, the Marlowe books received universally glowing reviews--better than the books penned under my own name receive, even though they are not substantially different.

I wrote three books under this pseudonym before I ran out of steam and out of publishers. And since I am no longer able to produce more than a book a year, Katharine has moved into the rocker on the front porch of the retirement home.

Reviews

[Marie-louise Mcintosh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good mystery but sometimes hard to follow.

[Kelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good book that has stuck in my head for years. But weird, very weird.