The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunkle

My family moved to Germany in 2000, and we lived for seven years in the Rheinland Pfalz region, not far from the old Roman city of Trier. I earned tenure as the monographs cataloger at Trinity University's Coates Library from 1990 to 1999 then I left the library to homeschool my two daughters, Valerie and Elena. After graduating from Indiana University with a master's degree in library science, I came back to San Antonio to work when my husband, Joe, joined the engineering staff at Kelly Air Force Base.

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All photos copyright 2003-2014 by Joseph R. Jacket design by April Ward.Īll webpage text copyright 2003-2014 by Clare B. Jacket art, text, and illustrations courtesy Worthy of sitting on a shelf next to Wuthering Heights.'īook excerpt may or may not appear on printed book jackets. 'DEAD MAIDS is dark and beautiful, literary and lovely.

'An engrossing thriller and worthy companion to its classic literary inspiration.' Bryce Milligan, San Antonio Express-News Novel, the final connection is a masterstroke even those who don't THE HOUSE OF DEAD MAIDS in Kindle edition.īack story and a lot of scary dead maids: Dunkle's knack for To view the illustrations by Patrick Arrasmith which will begin each chapter of the book, click Of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff has already doomed himself and She tries to befriend her uncouth young charge, but her kindnessĬannot alter his fate. Of the last maid will not leave Tabby in peace, yet this spiritĪs Tabby struggles to escape the evil forces that surround the house, But the Yorkshire moors harbor far worse. Little creature when Tabby Aykroyd arrives at Seldom House to be The child who will become Heathcliff is already a savage Thin hair, dripping with muddy water, fell to The house, but whereas mine was new, hers was spoiled by mildewĪnd smears of clay. Like me, she wore the black dress that proclaimed her a maid of She stood very still in the dusky passage where the light was poorest. In black, I thought it was my reflection. When first I caught sight of the small figure The passage, I was just turning over in my mind where I might have I longed to see my new clothes, and as I stepped into The old looking glass in the beaded frame returned only a suggestion Prelude to Emily Brontë's classic novel, Wuthering Heights.Ī black dress next to my black dress.

The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunkle