The Devil Snar'd

<p>George R. Preedy is one of the pen names of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Campbell the writer best known as Marjorie Bowen. <span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>First published in 1932 '</span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The</em><em> Devil Snar'd'</em> is an eerie tale of supernatural influence; it was described by <span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>the </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Daily Herald</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> as a 'ghost story fit to stand beside </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Turn of the Screw</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>.'</span> Grace Fielding and her husband Philip have taken a house-Medlar's Farm-at a remote spot in Northumberland to get away from London and repair their broken marriage. Philip is in love with Angela Campion an actress much younger than himself but Grace will not give her husband a divorce and Angela will not have him without the prospect of marriage. Philip a well-known author intends to use the dark history of Medlar's Farm-a tale of adultery jealousy and murder-to write his next book but Grace already unwell due to the strain caused by her husband's affair begins to see parallels between her own story and that of the murdered woman Susanna Vavasour who she believes is guiding her actions. As Philip works on his manuscript his behaviour becomes more and more suspicious and as Grace's mental state deteriorates a tale of adultery and marital discord soon becomes one of jealousy obsession and murderous revenge. '<span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Devil Snar'd' </em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>has not been reissued since its last publication in 1933.</span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>This edition includes an introduction by Gina R. Collia: 'The Many Masks of Margaret Campbell'.</span></p>