The Woman in the House

Peter Vallance, distinguished and successful author, prided himself on his knowledge of country houses and his understanding of beautiful women, although he had never been deeply stirred emotionally by either until he met the elusive Mrs. Bradshore, whose red brick Georgian manor he had arranged to occupy. The house suited him exactly and its owner intrigued him, unaccountably, from the first moment he saw her, and yet there seemed to be an invisible barrier between them. Who was Mrs. Bradshore? What mysterious attraction had drawn him to her house? Why did the house almost immediately lose its charm the moment its owner left it?