House Of Shadows

• Author: Susan Bowden
• Publisher: Signet
• Year: 2003
• Setting: Barbados
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At the opening of her photography show in a Toronto gallery, Vivien Shaw receives an intriguing offer from a member of the Barbados consulate: he invites her to come to Barbados to collaborate with a local author on a book about the island. When Vivien arrives and meets the author, he bluntly tells her that a white woman is not the right person for him to work with. But he relents, and Vivien sets out to learn about the island and decides to stay in a native establishment rather than a fancy resort. She picks Peverill Hall, a rundown B and B. Everyone warns her to stay away, but Vivien is struck by the oddity of the inhabitants, researches the house, and discovers that a gruesome murder occurred there 50 years ago. Although the owners are strange and somewhat menacing, she finds the house itself welcoming until inexplicable and bizarre accidents begin to happen.