The Swimming Pool
Author | : Mary Roberts Rinehart |
Publisher | : Overamstel Uitgevers |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2013-08-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789049981310 |
ISBN-13 | : 9049981313 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Swimming Pool written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a crumbling mansion, two sisters hide from the world, afraid for their lives The Birches was one of the grand mansions of the 1920s, with a ballroom, tennis courts, and, of course, a swimming pool. But after the crash of ’29, when Lois and Judith’s father killed himself to escape his debts, the family turned the summer home into a fulltime retreat from the world. Decades later, Judith is the queen of New York society, a fast-living beauty whose nerves are beginning to fray, while Lois still lives in the dilapidated old mansion, writing mystery novels to pay the bills. She is about to encounter a mystery of her own. To stave off a nervous breakdown, Judith moves in with her kid sister. Terrified of an unnamed threat, she nails her windows shut and locks the door. Soon, a woman is found dead in the pool—a stranger who bears a shocking resemblance to Judith. In a family with a history of tragedy, a chilling new chapter is about to be written.