Rediscover the brilliance of Through A Glass Darkly in the Mermaid Collection - timeless
classics by pioneering female authors beautifully reissued to enchant today's readers. The
jewel in the crown of the beloved Dr Basil Willing mysteries - when unassuming art teacher
Faustina Crayle loses her second job in quick succession only Basil can help and it goes from
bad to worse for Faustina when a body is found . . . With a foreword by Gillian McAllister
'They watch me all the time. In and out of the classroom their eyes are always following me .
. .' Quiet gentle young Faustina Crayle is dismissed from her teaching position at Brereton
School for Girls after just a few weeks. She is given no explanation but it's clear certain
staff and pupils fear her. Her friend and fellow teacher Gisela contacts psychologist and
sleuth Dr Basil Willing who offers to investigate these outlandish claims. But this only
confirms two damning facts - first that this happened at a previous school and second people
believe there are two sides to enigmatic Faustina. When a body is found at the school and
Faustina is implicated in the death it is clear that darkness swirls around this young woman.
But is she the perpetrator or victim? Praise for Helen McCloy: 'McCloy has always
resembled the best writers of the Sayers-Blake-Allingham school' New York Times 'In the very
top rank' Sunday Times
