Elizabeth St. Clair: Secret of the Locket

Secret of the Locket was published in June 1975 and is about Deirdre Camden who took a job at St. Ambros Hill in archaeology and assist Keith Powell, who may not be what he seems.

This cover by Allan Kass is interesting because of the dimensions. He definitely made the haunted house the focal point and the heroine lesser. I like the eerie green color and the leaning, bare trees. It's good and spooky!

Elizabeth St. Clair: Mansion in Miniature

Mansion in Miniature by Elizabeth St. Clair was published by Signet in March 1977. While Signet didn't have a "gothic line" they did publish quite a few titles in the 1970's. Karen went to visit her mentally fragile sister and began to discover that someone was making her sister mad!

Allan Kass gives us a fleeing heroine who is running from the eerie mansion near the sea. Even the clouds look menacing as she looks back. I like her outfit which is so typical of 1970's clothes that I owned! Note her jewelry, which is a Kass touch.

Elizabeth St. Clair: The Jeweled Secret

The Jeweled Secret by Elizabeth St. Clair was published by Signet in August 1978. This gothic romance is the story of Celeste who is invited to the mansion of exiled Russians to study their jewels and artwork. Was Nicholas part of the evil that she sensed there?

Allan Kass shows us a snow covered mansion with our heroine walking outside as if to escape from the evil inside. I'm sure artists had little scope for imagination with these covers; I can hear the art editors saying: "house, heroine, horror"!! This heroine is very pretty and I like the round tower of the mansion!