The Stairway — Ursula Curtiss

Hate Gave Way to Horror

Madeline Potter's marriage was a nightmare. Her husband, Stephen was a sadistic bully who kept Madeline prisoner by his threat to gain custody of their son Matthew should Madeline seek a divorce.

Even though Stephen is dead now, his skull smashed on the parquet floor of their Connecticut mansion, his place in Madeline's life was more than filled. A smiling woman who claimed to be Stephen's cousin and a handsome young man who claimed to be a gardener had assumed his cruel role.

Madeline was no longer a slave to a nightmare. Instead she was a helpless puppet in the hands of two monstrous people who would not go away or allow her to escape…