The Devil in the Corner

Escaping the horrors of life as a governess, Maud seeks refuge with the cousin-by-marriage she never knew. But her efforts to please Juliana are met with increasing levels of contempt. Maud, isolated at every turn, continues to take the laudanum which was her only solace in London. Soon she becomes dependent on the drug Is this the cause of her fresh anxieties? Or is someone - or something - plotting her demise?