Roots of Evil
Author: Sarah Rayne
Lucy Trent is used to having the legend of her disreputable grandmother disinterred from time to time – the infamous silent-screen actress Lucretia von Wolff, whose lovers were legion, whose scandals were numerous, whose life ended abruptly in a bizarre double murder and suicide at the Ashwood film studios in 1952. Lucy rather enjoys Lucretia’s legend – although most of th….Read More
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