Anne Ashley 
Ideal Companion 

HER QUIET WORLD OVERTURNEDWhen an unseasonable snowstorm brings an assortmentof stranded travellers to Lady Beatrice Lindley’s door, companion Miss Ruth Harrington welcomes them in, flustered though she is by the towering presence of Colonel Hugo Prentiss. But the next morning Ruth’s quiet existence on the moor is shattered — Lady Beatrice is dead!Convinced there’s more to her employer’s demise than meets the eye, Ruth seeks the one man who can help her uncover the truth — the enigmatic Colonel. But, in a world where nothing is what it seems, can Ruth and Hugo come to put their trust in each other?