Prime Evil — Judith Kelman

Pregnant and unwed, Erica Phillips came to Bramble Farm to sort out her life and the papers of Theresa Bricklin. A stroke had left the legendary author a disfigured recluse totally dependent on her eccentric husband, who caters to her every need. He is determined to restore the crumbling estate to its former glory and his invalid wife to her former international brilliance.

But Bramble Farm hides a dark secret somewhere in its maze of odd rooms and shadowy passageways. Behind its facade of heartbreak and shattered dreams lurks a malevolent influence that has claimed more than one innocent life in the past. Now it is Erica Phillips and her unborn child who are the unwitting targets -- victims of an irresistible force drawing them ever closer to a shattering climax that has its roots buried in...