<p>First American edition. Novel of psychological suspense originally published in England as "Helping with Inquiries."</p>

The deception

Dale, Celia

Harper and Row

A Dark Corner is a chilling depiction of domestic horror. First published in 1971 it tells the story of Errol, a young man who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. In a North-West London suburb on a wet evening Errol mistakenly rings the doorbell of the house of Nelly and Arthur Didcot. Wet-through and coughing he asks about a room. Despite arriving at the wrong house Nelly invites him in to stay just for one night. Behind the veneer of middle-class respectability however a dreadful truth is about to be revealed in a horrifying and murderous climax. 'Celia Dale is past mistress of the bizarre truth behind normal façades.' New Statesman 'She is bitingly spot-on with her dialogue which catches an undertow of hope, desire and revulsion.' The Times 'Celia Dale has created an established corner in tales of domestic terror and Arthur Didcot in A Dark Corner is a totally fiendish fiend.' Daily Telegraph

A Dark Corner (Constable Crime)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Constable and Company Ltd.

A Personal Call and Other Stories

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Sheep's Clothing

Doubleday/Crime Club

Mystery

Penguin??Books

A Dark Corner is a chilling depiction of domestic horror. First published in 1971 it tells the story of Errol, a young man who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.   In a North-West London suburb on a wet evening Errol mistakenly rings the doorbell of the house of Nelly and Arthur Didcot. Wet-through and coughing he asks about a room. Despite arriving at the wrong house Nelly invites him in to stay just for one night.   Behind the veneer of middle-class respectability however a dreadful truth is about to be revealed in a horrifying and murderous climax.   'Celia Dale is past mistress of the bizarre truth behind normal façades.' New Statesman  'She is bitingly spot-on with her dialogue which catches an undertow of hope, desire and revulsion.' The Times  'Celia Dale has created an established corner in tales of domestic terror and Arthur Didcot in A Dark Corner is a totally fiendish fiend.' Daily Telegraph

A dark corner

Macmillan

<p>On the trail of two women who rob the elderly after surreptitiously dosing tea with sleeping pills, Detective Inspector Wally Simpson has a more serious case on his hands when one of the elderly victims die</p>

Sheep's Clothing (A Crime Club Selection)

DOUBLEDAY

Josh and Maisie Evans are Good Samaritans and enjoy lending a helping hand to lonely elderly ladies. Auntie Flo had lived with them for years until her death, leaving the Evans's her Estate, such as it was. It is natural, therefore, when they meet Mrs Fingal on holiday in Rimini that Mrs Fingal comes to live with them and stays in Auntie Flo's old room. Mrs Fingal, a wealthy widow, finds the couple a refreshing change to her resentful niece and their understanding and sympathy to her situation, her loneliness and need for companionship, makes them the perfect people to look after her. Moving in with them is the ideal solution - one that is satisfactory to all parties. Beneath the suburban net-curtained world of genteel respectability, however, lurks the much darker and chilling terror of greed and exploitation - deadly currents that are masked by polite conversation and cups of tea. 'Celia Dale's writing is quiet, clever, subtle - and terrifying. I can't think of anyone whose stories of suspense I appreciate more.' Ruth Rendell 'The accuracy, understanding and quiet wit of Jane Austen - plus murder.' H. R. F. Keating A Helping Hand was first published in 1966.

A Helping Hand

Faber and Faber

A Dark Corner

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