Barbara Klau Book order (chronological)

Where is Emily Tate? Her husband says: traveling. Her brother-in-law says: on infidelities. The police say: murdered. The only clue says: nothing. Only Mr. Tate's cold-bloodedness, the location of Emily's car and the rumor in the village are telling...*************************************************************************************Wo ist Emily Tate? Ihr Mann sagt: auf Reisen. Ihr Schwager sagt: auf Seitensprüngen. Die Polizei sagt: ermordet. Das einzige Indiz sagt: nichts. Vielsagend ist nur Mr. tates Kaltblütigkeit, der Fundort von Emilys Auto und das Gerücht im Dorf...

After a rather drab existence in an English orphanage Linda Martin is appointed governess to the nine-year-old owner of the Chateau Valmy in the French Alps. During little Philippe's minority the estates are being managed by his crippled uncle Leon, and Leon's handsome son Raoul. All seems delightful, but there are tensions below the smooth surface. One sunny afternoon a bullet is fired in the beechwoods ... and the tensions become terrors.