The Onlooker
RACHEL BRENT HAD NO INTENTION OF BECOMING OTHER THAN AN ONLOOKER WITH A DETACHED VIEW OF THE PLAYERS -- BUT SUDDENLY SHE FOUND HERSELF BEING MANEUVERED INTO A DANGEROUS GAME.

At La Fontana, remembered ghosts were bound by strong roots:  Frederick Armin, Romantic Revival poet had been mysteriously murdered 150 years ago, and now creeping between the lines of a dead governess's letters were new clues to his murder which Rachel was stubbornly investigating.  But thwarting her efforts were real players in a strange charade:  Ford Armin, Frederick's great-great-grandson, his beautiful mistress, and her cuckolded husband.

When a nocturnal prowler joined forces with the dead, Rachel discovered her role as a spectator had come to an end...