Publisher's Synopsis
Seemingly grand from the outside, the interior of Abner Hilton's house was a dilapidated, gloomy place - reflecting its morbid and desperately impoverished occupant. But Hilton's insane plan would lift him out of his poverty. He would murder his young niece, who was about to visit him; her dead father's will would ensure that her considerable wealth would pass to him. However, when his plan was put into operation, the young woman's horrifying death was to have terrifying repercussions...
