To the Devil - a Daughter

The scene of this Black Magic story alternates between the Riviera with its Spring sunshine, gardens bedecked with flowers, blue waters, blue skies and luxury hotels, and the desolate, rain-soaked Essex marshes, so isolated from the modern world that witchcraft is still practised in certain ancient villages there. In TO THE DEVIL — A DAUGHTER, Dennis Wheatley has introduced new characters — Christina, a girl whose life is shrouded in mystery; Colonel 'Conky Bill' Verney who works for one of the secret departments in Whitehall; Molly Fountain, an authoress with a fascination for firearms; John, her son, and Count Jules de Grasse who was up at Cambridge with him; Jules' wicked father, the Marquis, and the Satanist himself, Canon Copely-Syle. Mr. Wheatley's researches have enabled him to write one of his most exciting books about witchcraft. His unequalled authority upon the strange and the sinister, combined with his knowledge of the South of France, is such that the tension mounts with every page turned. The contrast between the Battle of Flowers and the horrors of the crypt in Bentford Priory gives the tale a special fascination as thrill follows thrill, culminating in a terrific climax in the true Wheatley tradition. * Jacket design by Robert Graham