The Vesey inheritance

by Gwendoline Butler

Blood is Thicker Than WaterThat was all the note said. Lovely, vivacious Errol Vesey was certain she knew who sent it. And this made her even more afraid. It was her step-brother. A man whose existence she had known nothing of until a few days ago.It was then that her father's dying words told her of a brother and a mysterious inheritance from her mother. But he was unable to tell her any more than that.When Errol left her father's country parsonage for the fashionable London home of her aunt, Lady Geraldine, the terrible secrets of the past followed in her shadow. Not even the parties, the balls, the dashing young men, the excitement of the Queen's court could wipe away the threat of her enemy. For that is how she thought of her brother.Everywhere Errol went she was in danger. Somehow she knew he was always there watching her. If only she knew who he was.

Genres: Gothic

347 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Gwendoline Williams Butler (aka Jennie Melville)

Gwendoline Williams was born on 19th August 1922 in South London, England, UK, daughter of Alice (Lee) and Alfred Edward Williams, her younger twin brothers are also authors. Educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read History, and later lectured there. On 16th October 1949, she married Dr Lionel Harry Butler (1923-1981), a professor of medieval history at University of St. Andrews and historian, Fellow of All Souls and Principal of Royal Holloway College. The marriage had a daughter, Lucilla Butler.

In 1956, she started to published John Coffin novels under her married name, Gwendoline Butler. In 1962, she decided used her grandmother's name, Jennie Melville as pseudonym to sign her Charmian Daniels novels. She was credited for inventing the "woman's police procedural". In addition to her mystery series, she also wrote romantic novels. In 1981, her novel The Red Staircase won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Reviews

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

if you like Victoria Holt, you will like this book.