Title: Fear and Miss Betony
Subtitle: A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery
Description: Published in the U.K. as *Fear for Miss Betony*

Wartime England - Retired governess Emma Betony faces a future of genteel poverty until former pupil Grace Avram sends her a rather desperately-worded job offer.   Grace is now headmistress of an exclusive private school that has been evacuated from the coast to a safer location inland, in a building until recently occupied by a nursing home. 

Who is trying to murder the unpleasant old lady who refused to leave with the other residents?  Miss Betony becomes a threat to a devious and despicable pair of schemers when she discovers more than she bargained for.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction, Inspector Dan Pardoe (fictitious character)
Time periods: WWII, 1940s