A sensible, unsuperstitious woman takes the Benton house for the summer and finds it oddly oppressive, from its unmoved horsehair chairs to its faded carpets. Then she discovers a written confession to a killing, apparently in the hand of her gentle landlady, little Miss Emily, and sets out to learn what really happened.
A tight, atmospheric novella from the queen of American domestic suspense, best read on a quiet evening. Download the free EPUB.