A Helping Hand

by Celia Dale

Overview

Josh and Maisie Evans are a seemingly ordinary middle-aged couple on holiday in Italy, where they meet Mrs. Fingal, an elderly woman living unhappily with her niece. Josh and Maisie have a spare room, and everyone might be better off if Mrs. Fingal moved in with them instead. After all, they're always glad to lend a helping hand. Especially to a lonely and wealthy old lady . . .

First published in 1966, Celia Dale's A Helping Hand is a chilling work of psychological terror that explores the true evil that often lurks just behind a respectable façade.

'The accuracy, understanding and quiet wit of Jane Austen - plus murder.' - H. R. F. Keating

'Quiet, clever, subtle - and terrifying.' - Ruth Rendell

'Celia Dale has created an established corner in tales of domestic terror.' - Daily Telegraph

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954321878
Publisher:	Valancourt Books
Publication date:	03/21/2023
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Born to parents who were both on the stage (her father was the actor James Dale), Celia Dale's first novel, The Least of These, was published in 1943 and she went on to write ten others. She won the Crime Writer's Association Veuve Clicquot Short Story award for Lines of Communication and A Personal Call and other stories in 1986 and worked on the Daily Express and the Sunday Express. She also worked as a book reviewer and a publisher's advisor and many of her stories have been adapted for radio and television. She lives in London.