A sinister Countess is driven mad by a dark secret. An innocent woman is made the instrument of retribution. A murdered man&#39;s fury reaches beyond the grave.<br /><br />From the author of&nbsp;<i>The Moonstone</i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>The Woman in White</i>&nbsp;comes another gripping Victorian sensation novel.<br /><br />When Countess Narona marries Agnes Lockwood&#39;s fianc&eacute; and takes him to live in a rundown Venetian palace, strange things start happening, a servant mysteriously vanishes, and the husband dies a recluse. But the dead won&#39;t rest. When the palace is transformed into a hotel the two women are drawn to its chambers, where a force stronger than death is waiting to wreak its vengeance ...