THE DARK OF SUMMER

Lancer, New York, 1972, 1st.  A Lancer Super-Size Gothic Original Easy Eye Larger Type Non-Glare Paper.  MMPB, 351 pages.  Wraps show edge and cover wear, rubs and creases, reading creases, age toning.  Binding sound with a very slight lean.  Book store stamp on verso of front wrap, ink check marks and date at top of blurb page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked; pages tanned with occasional age spot.  ‘After her parents’ death, Gwyn Keller tried to run away from life, escaping the agony of facing each day in the blessed world of sleep.  Her bed became a fortress that guarded her and protected her, until the time came when she would not leave it at all.  Gwyn knew that something was horribly wrong, but it took her six months to find the strength to seek out professional help.  And Dr. Recard had helped her; she was once again making solid contact with life, facing decisions, putting her loss and her agony behind her.  Then came the letter from her uncle, William Barnaby, after fifteen years of alienation … and Gwyn found herself thrust back into a nightmare world of hatred and violence.  Even sleep was no longer a refuge, when someone … or something … was trying to kill her!’ (from rear wrap)