Publisher's Synopsis
1850 When Alyce Wilson suffers a blow to her head with Doctor Owen Rathlin's hansom cab in London, she is taken inside the house to recover. Unable to remember anything. Owen decides to 'christen ' her Rhoda Lambay. 'Lambay Street so you won't forget where I live will you Rhoda Lambay?' With his departure Rhoda becomes aware of something sinister in the house. Her decision to leave early next morning puts her life in danger. She has been caught like a fish in a net with no way of escape. Danger, terror and fear of not knowing her past produces a dread of the future. Her only friend is Molly, a convict girl. It is with Molly's help she learns to play' the deadly games ' that will test her sanity and strength. There is someone intent with murder in mind. Can she capture the 'devil serpent 'in its own trap? and set free the elusive butterfly which remains deeply hidden within the 'tangled terrors ' securely locked behind her own ' secret door '
