Joan Aiken 
Silence of Herondale [EPUB ebook] 
A missing child, a deserted house, and the secrets that connect them

A child in danger, an isolated house — and a killer on the loose…’Joan Aiken’s triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others’ New York Times Book Review Snow-covered fields and moors stretch away on all sides of Herondale House. Despite rumours of an escaped killer on the run, Deborah Lindsay knows that she must control her terror — she has a young charge, 13-year-old prodigy Carreen, to care for.But the isolated Yorkshire farmhouse already holds the terrible secret of one death — and an increasing number of sinister ‘accidents’ lead Deborah to wonder how long it would be before evil strikes again …’A splendidly romantic first thriller’ Times Literary Supplement