Unfamiliar houses, family secrets and uncertain motives give Phyllis A. Whitney’s romantic suspense its Gothic shape. Whitney wrote romantic suspense and Gothic mystery in which young women enter unfamiliar houses, families or landscapes where old secrets shape present danger. The Turquoise Mask sends its heroine to New Mexico to investigate questions surrounding her mother’s death, while The Winter People uses an old family mystery and an isolated setting to build suspense. Spindrift and other novels similarly combine romance, inheritance, travel and the gradual uncovering of concealed relationships. Whitney also wrote mysteries for younger readers, often using strong regional settings. Her prose is accessible and atmospheric rather than graphic, with danger building through suspicion and discovery. The catalogue connects most clearly with classic romantic suspense, Gothic romance and mystery fiction alongside Mary Stewart and Victoria Holt. Read more Less
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