TY - BOOK AU - Wright,June AU - Lewis,Wendy TI - The devil's caress SN - 9781891241437 (paperback) AV - PR9619.3.W727 D49 2018 U1 - A823.3 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Portland, Oregon PB - Verse Chorus Press KW - Australian fiction KW - Physicians KW - Fiction KW - Murder KW - Mornington Peninsula (Vic.) KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft KW - Mystery fiction KW - Detective and mystery stories N1 - "A Dark Passage book."; Originally published in 1952 N2 - The fourth in Dark Passage's reissue series of crime mysteries by June Wright, The Devil's Caress (originally published in 1952) is an atmospheric psychological thriller set on the wild southern coast of the Mornington Peninsula, outside Melbourne. Young medico Marsh Mowbray is invited to spend the weekend at the country home of her revered mentor, Dr. Kate Waring. But as storms rage outside, the house on the cliff's edge seethes with hatred and tension, and two suspicious deaths quickly follow. "Doubt is the Devil's caress", one of the characters tells Marsh, as her resolute efforts to get to the bottom of the killings force her to question everyone's motives, even those of Dr. Kate ER -