The Julius House

<p><b><font><br>Love at first sight turns into newlywed bliss for former librarian Aurora Teagarden - until violence cuts the honeymoon short . . . </font><br><br></b>Roe has never been happier than she''s been since she met her fiancé, wealthy businessman Martin Bartell. Despite their differences in age and background, he seems to know exactly what she wants - like the Julius House. Roe has always been intrigued by its history: six years previously, the family who lived there disappeared, never to be seen again . . . <br><br>As Roe throws herself into renovating her wedding present, her misgivings about Martin''s rather murky past recede. But when she is attacked by an axe-wielding maniac, she begins to suspect that the secrets inside the Julius House - and her new marriage - could be deadly . . . <br><b><br><font>''A heroine as capable and potentially complex as P. D. James''s Cordelia Gray'' <i>Publishers Weekly</i></font></b></p>